100 Basic Norwegian Vocabularies
We believe in learning the most important vocabularies first to start off your learning journey on the right foot. The list below contains 100 of the most frequently used Norwegian vocabularies. For more vocabularies like that, check out our yellow vocabulary book towards the end of this page.
| English | Norwegian |
|---|---|
| I | jeg |
| you | du |
| he | han |
| she | hun |
| it | det |
| we | vi |
| you | dere |
| they | de |
| what | hva |
| who | hvem |
| where | hvor |
| why | hvorfor |
| how | hvordan |
| which | hvilken |
| when | når |
| then | så |
| if | hvis |
| really | virkelig |
| but | men |
| because | fordi |
| not | ikke |
| this | dette |
| that | det |
| all | alle |
| or | eller |
| and | og |
| to know | å vite (vite - vet - visste - visst) |
| to think | å tenke (tenke - tenker - tenkte - tenkt) |
| to come | å komme (komme - kommer - kom - kommet) |
| to put | å legge (legge - legger - la - lagt) |
| to take | å ta (ta - tar - tok - tatt) |
| to find | å finne (finne - finner - fant - funnet) |
| to listen | å høre (høre - hører - hørte - hørt) |
| to work | å jobbe (jobbe - jobber - jobbet - jobbet) |
| to talk | å snakke (snakke - snakker - snakket - snakket) |
| to give | å gi (gi - gir - ga - gitt) |
| to like | å like (like - liker - likte - likt) |
| to help | å hjelpe (hjelpe - hjelper - hjalp - hjulpet) |
| to love | å elske (elske - elsker - elsket - elsket) |
| to call | å ringe (ringe - ringer - ringte - ringt) |
| to wait | å vente (vente - venter - ventet - ventet) |
| 0 | null |
| 1 | en |
| 2 | to |
| 3 | tre |
| 4 | fire |
| 5 | fem |
| 6 | seks |
| 7 | sju |
| 8 | åtte |
| 9 | ni |
| 10 | ti |
| 11 | elleve |
| 12 | tolv |
| 13 | tretten |
| 14 | fjorten |
| 15 | femten |
| 16 | seksten |
| 17 | sytten |
| 18 | atten |
| 19 | nitten |
| 20 | tjue |
| new | ny (ny - ny - nytt - nye) |
| old | gammel (gammel - gammel - gammelt - gamle) |
| few | få |
| many | mange |
| wrong | feil (feil - feil - feil - gale/uriktige) |
| correct | riktig (riktig - riktig - riktig - riktige) |
| bad | dårlig (dårlig - dårlig - dårlig - dårlige) |
| good | flink (flink - flink - flinkt - flinke) |
| happy | lykkelig (lykkelig - lykkelig - lykkelig - lykkelige) |
| short | kort (kort - kort - kort - korte) |
| long | lang (lang - lang - langt - lange) |
| small | liten (liten - lita - lite - små) |
| big | stor (stor - stor - stort - store) |
| there | der |
| here | her |
| right | høyre |
| left | venstre |
| beautiful | vakker (vakker - vakker - vakkert - vakre) |
| young | ung (ung - ung - ungt - unge) |
| old | gammel (gammel - gammel - gammelt - gamle) |
| hello | hallo |
| ok | ok |
| of course | selvfølgelig |
| bye bye | ha det |
| good bye | farvel |
| excuse me | unnskyld |
| sorry | beklager |
| thank you | takk |
| please | vær så snill |
| now | nå |
| hour | (M) time (time - timen - timer - timene) |
| minute | (N) minutt (minutt - minuttet - minutter - minuttene) |
| second | (N) sekund (sekund - sekundet - sekunder - sekundene) |
| day | (M) dag (dag - dagen - dager - dagene) |
| week | (M) uke (uke - uken - uker - ukene) |
| month | (M) måned (måned - måneden - måneder - månedene) |
| year | (N) år (år - året - år - årene) |
| evening | (M) kveld (kveld - kvelden - kvelder - kveldene) |
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