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If you don’t know what are the Norwegian adjectives and how to use them, please read the previous posts:
- Learn About Norwegian Adjectives Part 1 – Hankjønn
- Learn About Norwegian Adjectives Part 2 – Hunkjønn
- Learn About Norwegian Adjectives Part 3 – Intetkjønn
Continuing with our lessons on Norwegian adjectives, we can learn a few rules that will help us when using the adjectives.
1. Most of the Norwegian adjectives change with the nouns as shown below.
Hankjønn and hunkjønn | Intetkjønn | Flertall |
god (good) | godt | gode |
stor (big) | stort | store |
fin (nice) | fint | fine |
rik (rich) | rikt | rike |
ung (young) | ungt | unge |
rød (red) | rødt | røde |
gul (yellow) | gult | gule |
2. Norwegian adjectives that end with a double consonant change with the nouns as shown below.
Hankjønn and hunkjønn | Intetkjønn | Flertall |
trygg (safe) | trygt | trygge |
stygg (ugly) | stygt | stygge |
grønn (green) | grønt | grønne |
tynn (thin) | tynt | tynne |
3. Some of the Norwegian adjectives end with a double t with intetkjønn nouns.
Hankjønn and hunkjønn | Intetkjønn | Flertall |
fri (free) | fritt | frie |
ny (new) | nytt | nye |
hvit (white) | hvitt | hvite |
søt (sweet) | søtt | søte |
våt (wet) | vått | våte |
4. Some of the Norwegian adjectives don’t end with an e with flertall nouns.
Hankjønn and hunkjønn | Intetkjønn | Flertall |
blå (blue) | blått | blå |
grå (grey) | grått | grå |
5. Norwegian adjectives with ig, lig or sk ending do not get a t with intetkjønn nouns.
Hankjønn and hunkjønn | Intetkjønn | Flertall |
norsk (Norwegian) | norsk | norske |
engelsk (English) | engelsk | engelske |
tysk (German) | tysk | tyske |
fransk (French) | fransk | franske |
indisk (Indian) | indisk | indiske |
kinesisk (Chinese) | kinesisk | kinesiske |
fattig (poor) | fattig | fattige |
gjerrig (miser) | gjerrig | gjerrige |
lykkelig (happy) | lykkelig | lykkelige |
hyggelig (nice) | hyggelig | hyggelige |
6. Norwegian adjectives that end with el , en or er change in the following way.
Hankjønn and hunkjønn | Intetkjønn | Flertall |
vakker (beautiful) | vakkert | vakre |
gammel (old) | gammelt | gamle |
7. Some Norwegian adjectives do not change with any form of the noun.
Hankjønn and hunkjønn | Intetkjønn | Flertall |
bra (good) | bra | bra |
moderne (modern) | moderne | moderne |
felles (common) | felles | felles |
gratis (free) | gratis | gratis |
8. Some Norwegian adjectives change in an entirely special way.
Hankjønn | Hunkjønn | Intetkjønn | Flertall |
egen (own) | egen | eget | egne |
liten | lita | lite | små |
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