Learn About Nouns in Norwegian Part 1

As you may know, a noun is a name for a person or a thing. For example, Kevin is a noun, vegetable is a noun, etc. Learning about nouns in Norwegian is probably one of the more difficult things. Why?

Because nouns in Norwegian can be classified into three categories based on gender,

Hankjønn (en)	Male Gender
Hunkjønn (ei)	Female Gender
Intetkjønn (et)	Neutral Gender

You need to learn the gender of a noun along with the noun because the rules of Norwegian grammar are different for each of the genders. Note the articles in () above. These articles help to identify the gender of the noun. So while learning a noun, remember the article associated with it (and you will recognize the gender). The article used to identify the male gender, Hankjønn is en.

So let’s begin with the male gender nouns i.e Hankjønn. Here are lots of words you can add to your vocabulary. Once again remember to learn the noun along with the gender.

Norwegian	English
en gutt	a boy
en stol	a stool
en bil	a car
en pult	a desk
en linjal	a ruler
en hest	a horse
en okse	an ox
en telefon	a telephone
en maskin	a machine
en interesse	an interest
en diskusjon	a discussion
en kamerat	a comrade
en religion	a religion
en konflikt	a conflict
en klubb	a club
en immigrant	an immigrant
en mann	a man
en fot	a foot
en bror	a brother
en far	a father
en lærer	a teacher
en murer	a mason
en baker	a baker
en fisker	a fisherman
en arbeider	a worker
en amerikaner	an american
en finger	a finger
en skulder	a shoulder
en ankel	an ankle
en kjeks	a biscuit
en feil	a failure
en ting	a thing
en sko	a shoe
en meter	a meter