Nouns in Norwegian for English Speakers

Essential nouns to learn Norwegian

About Nouns in Norwegian

Nouns are the building blocks of any language. Learning Norwegian nouns will help you name objects, people, and concepts.

This comprehensive list includes the most frequently used nouns in Norwegian, perfect for English speakers who want to build a strong vocabulary foundation.

Vocabulary List

the → den
be → være
of → av
a → en
in → i
I → jeg
it → det
on → på
he → han
do → gjøre
at → på
we → vi
her → hennes
or → eller
an → en
one → en
so → så
if → hvis
me → meg
time → tid
people → folk
year → år
other → annen
use → bruke
work → arbeid
way → vei
day → dag
us → oss
each → hver
many → mange
put → sette
end → slutt
life → liv
always → alltid
children → barn
car → bil
river → elv
carry → bære
book → bok
eat → spise
sometimes → noen ganger
mountain → fjell
song → sang
family → familie
fish → fisk
dog → hund
room → rom
friends → venner
door → dør
plane → fly
instead → i stedet
count → telle
reason → grunn
bed → seng
brother → bror
window → vindu
train → tog
catch → fange
mount → bestige
flower → blomst
hair → hår
cat → katt
ear → øre
son → sønn
child → barn
consonant → konsonant
milk → melk
instead → i stedet
bus → buss
human → menneske
chair → stol
bat → flaggermus
meat → kjøtt
planet → planet
fat → fett
bread → brød
range → område
steam → damp
season → sesong
sister → søster
apple → eple
card → kort
apple → eple
flow → flyte
woman → kvinne
bat → flaggermus
meat → kjøtt
planet → planet
fat → fett
bread → brød
range → område
steam → damp
season → sesong
sister → søster
apple → eple
card → kort
busy → opptatt
plane → fly
instead → i stedet
house → hus
water → vann
food → mat
man → mann
woman → kvinne
child → barn
friend → venn
book → bok
car → bil
city → by
house → hus
water11 → vann
food12 → mat
man13 → mann
woman14 → kvinne
child15 → barn
friend16 → venn
book17 → bok
car18 → bil
city19 → by
house20 → hus
water21 → vann
food22 → mat
man23 → mann
woman24 → kvinne
child25 → barn
friend26 → venn
book27 → bok
car28 → bil
city29 → by
house30 → hus
water31 → vann
food32 → mat
man33 → mann
woman34 → kvinne
child35 → barn
friend36 → venn
book37 → bok
car38 → bil
city39 → by
house40 → hus
water41 → vann
food42 → mat
man43 → mann
woman44 → kvinne
child45 → barn
friend46 → venn
book47 → bok
car48 → bil
city49 → by
house50 → hus
water51 → vann
food52 → mat
man53 → mann
woman54 → kvinne
child55 → barn
friend56 → venn
book57 → bok
car58 → bil
city59 → by
house60 → hus
water61 → vann
food62 → mat
man63 → mann
woman64 → kvinne
child65 → barn
friend66 → venn
book67 → bok
car68 → bil
city69 → by
house70 → hus
water71 → vann
food72 → mat
man73 → mann
woman74 → kvinne
child75 → barn
friend76 → venn
book77 → bok
car78 → bil
city79 → by
house80 → hus
water81 → vann
food82 → mat
man83 → mann
woman84 → kvinne
child85 → barn
friend86 → venn
book87 → bok
car88 → bil
city89 → by
house90 → hus
water91 → vann
food92 → mat
man93 → mann
woman94 → kvinne
child95 → barn
friend96 → venn
book97 → bok
car98 → bil
city99 → by
house100 → hus
water101 → vann
food102 → mat
man103 → mann
woman104 → kvinne
child105 → barn
friend106 → venn
book107 → bok
car108 → bil
city109 → by
house110 → hus
water111 → vann
food112 → mat
man113 → mann
woman114 → kvinne
child115 → barn
friend116 → venn
book117 → bok
car118 → bil
city119 → by
house120 → hus
water121 → vann
food122 → mat
man123 → mann
woman124 → kvinne
child125 → barn
friend126 → venn
book127 → bok
car128 → bil
city129 → by
house130 → hus
water131 → vann
food132 → mat
man133 → mann
woman134 → kvinne
child135 → barn
friend136 → venn
book137 → bok
car138 → bil
city139 → by
house140 → hus
water141 → vann
food142 → mat
man143 → mann
woman144 → kvinne
child145 → barn
friend146 → venn
book147 → bok
car148 → bil
city149 → by
house150 → hus
water151 → vann
food152 → mat
man153 → mann
woman154 → kvinne
child155 → barn
friend156 → venn
book157 → bok
car158 → bil
city159 → by
house160 → hus
water161 → vann
food162 → mat
man163 → mann
woman164 → kvinne
child165 → barn
friend166 → venn
book167 → bok
car168 → bil
city169 → by
house170 → hus
water171 → vann
food172 → mat
man173 → mann
woman174 → kvinne
child175 → barn
friend176 → venn
book177 → bok
car178 → bil
city179 → by
house180 → hus
water181 → vann
food182 → mat
man183 → mann
woman184 → kvinne
child185 → barn
friend186 → venn
book187 → bok
car188 → bil
city189 → by
house190 → hus
water191 → vann
food192 → mat
man193 → mann
woman194 → kvinne
child195 → barn
friend196 → venn
book197 → bok
car198 → bil
city199 → by
house200 → hus
water201 → vann
food202 → mat
man203 → mann
woman204 → kvinne
child205 → barn
friend206 → venn
book207 → bok
car208 → bil
city209 → by
house210 → hus
water211 → vann
food212 → mat
man213 → mann
woman214 → kvinne
child215 → barn
friend216 → venn
book217 → bok
car218 → bil
city219 → by
house220 → hus
water221 → vann
food222 → mat

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Vocabulary List

the → den

be → være

of → av

a → en

in → i

I → jeg

it → det

on → på

he → han

do → gjøre

at → på

we → vi

her → hennes

or → eller

an → en

one → en

so → så

if → hvis

me → meg

time → tid

people → folk

year → år

other → annen

use → bruke

work → arbeid

way → vei

day → dag

us → oss

each → hver

many → mange

put → sette

end → slutt

life → liv

always → alltid

children → barn

car → bil

river → elv

carry → bære

book → bok

eat → spise

sometimes → noen ganger

mountain → fjell

song → sang

family → familie

fish → fisk

dog → hund

room → rom

friends → venner

door → dør

plane → fly

instead → i stedet

count → telle

reason → grunn

bed → seng

brother → bror

window → vindu

train → tog

catch → fange

mount → bestige

flower → blomst

hair → hår

cat → katt

ear → øre

son → sønn

child → barn

consonant → konsonant

milk → melk

instead → i stedet

bus → buss

human → menneske

chair → stol

bat → flaggermus

meat → kjøtt

planet → planet

fat → fett

bread → brød

range → område

steam → damp

season → sesong

sister → søster

apple → eple

card → kort

apple → eple

flow → flyte

woman → kvinne

bat → flaggermus

meat → kjøtt

planet → planet

fat → fett

bread → brød

range → område

steam → damp

season → sesong

sister → søster

apple → eple

card → kort

busy → opptatt

plane → fly

instead → i stedet

house → hus

water → vann

food → mat

man → mann

woman → kvinne

child → barn

friend → venn

book → bok

car → bil

city → by

house → hus

water11 → vann

food12 → mat

man13 → mann

woman14 → kvinne

child15 → barn

friend16 → venn

book17 → bok

car18 → bil

city19 → by

house20 → hus

water21 → vann

food22 → mat

man23 → mann

woman24 → kvinne

child25 → barn

friend26 → venn

book27 → bok

car28 → bil

city29 → by

house30 → hus

water31 → vann

food32 → mat

man33 → mann

woman34 → kvinne

child35 → barn

friend36 → venn

book37 → bok

car38 → bil

city39 → by

house40 → hus

water41 → vann

food42 → mat

man43 → mann

woman44 → kvinne

child45 → barn

friend46 → venn

book47 → bok

car48 → bil

city49 → by

house50 → hus

water51 → vann

food52 → mat

man53 → mann

woman54 → kvinne

child55 → barn

friend56 → venn

book57 → bok

car58 → bil

city59 → by

house60 → hus

water61 → vann

food62 → mat

man63 → mann

woman64 → kvinne

child65 → barn

friend66 → venn

book67 → bok

car68 → bil

city69 → by

house70 → hus

water71 → vann

food72 → mat

man73 → mann

woman74 → kvinne

child75 → barn

friend76 → venn

book77 → bok

car78 → bil

city79 → by

house80 → hus

water81 → vann

food82 → mat

man83 → mann

woman84 → kvinne

child85 → barn

friend86 → venn

book87 → bok

car88 → bil

city89 → by

house90 → hus

water91 → vann

food92 → mat

man93 → mann

woman94 → kvinne

child95 → barn

friend96 → venn

book97 → bok

car98 → bil

city99 → by

house100 → hus

water101 → vann

food102 → mat

man103 → mann

woman104 → kvinne

child105 → barn

friend106 → venn

book107 → bok

car108 → bil

city109 → by

house110 → hus

water111 → vann

food112 → mat

man113 → mann

woman114 → kvinne

child115 → barn

friend116 → venn

book117 → bok

car118 → bil

city119 → by

house120 → hus

water121 → vann

food122 → mat

man123 → mann

woman124 → kvinne

child125 → barn

friend126 → venn

book127 → bok

car128 → bil

city129 → by

house130 → hus

water131 → vann

food132 → mat

man133 → mann

woman134 → kvinne

child135 → barn

friend136 → venn

book137 → bok

car138 → bil

city139 → by

house140 → hus

water141 → vann

food142 → mat

man143 → mann

woman144 → kvinne

child145 → barn

friend146 → venn

book147 → bok

car148 → bil

city149 → by

house150 → hus

water151 → vann

food152 → mat

man153 → mann

woman154 → kvinne

child155 → barn

friend156 → venn

book157 → bok

car158 → bil

city159 → by

house160 → hus

water161 → vann

food162 → mat

man163 → mann

woman164 → kvinne

child165 → barn

friend166 → venn

book167 → bok

car168 → bil

city169 → by

house170 → hus

water171 → vann

food172 → mat

man173 → mann

woman174 → kvinne

child175 → barn

friend176 → venn

book177 → bok

car178 → bil

city179 → by

house180 → hus

water181 → vann

food182 → mat

man183 → mann

woman184 → kvinne

child185 → barn

friend186 → venn

book187 → bok

car188 → bil

city189 → by

house190 → hus

water191 → vann

food192 → mat

man193 → mann

woman194 → kvinne

child195 → barn

friend196 → venn

book197 → bok

car198 → bil

city199 → by

house200 → hus

water201 → vann

food202 → mat

man203 → mann

woman204 → kvinne

child205 → barn

friend206 → venn

book207 → bok

car208 → bil

city209 → by

house210 → hus

water211 → vann

food212 → mat

man213 → mann

woman214 → kvinne

child215 → barn

friend216 → venn

book217 → bok

car218 → bil

city219 → by

house220 → hus

water221 → vann

food222 → mat