Norwegian–English dictionary

ei

Negates the meaning of the modified verb.

eid

(landforms) A narrow strip of land, bordered on both sides by water, and connecting two larger landmasses.

eie

(transitive) To have rightful possession of (property, goods or capital); to have legal title to; to acquire a property or asset.

eiendom

Land, and all the built structures on it, especially when considered as a single place.

eikenøtt

(nautical) A cone-shaped piece of wood on the point of the spindle above the vane, on the mast-head.

ein

The number represented by the Arabic numeral 1; the numerical value equal to that cardinal number.

einaste

Alone in a category.

einer

Any shrub or tree of the genus Juniperus of the cypress family, which is characterized by pointed, needle-like leaves and aromatic berry-like cones.

einsteinium

A transuranic chemical element (symbol Es) with atomic number 99: a soft, silvery, paramagnetic metal.

einstøing

One who is alone, lacking or avoiding the company of others.

Eirik

A en given name.

ekkel

(informal, North America, AU) Causing disgust.

ekko

A reflected sound that is heard again by its initial observer.

eklektisk

Selecting a mixture of what appears to be best of various doctrines, methods or styles.

ekliptikken

(astronomy) The plane in which this great circle lies.

ekorn

Any of the rodents of the family Sciuridae.

ekoton

A transition area between two adjacent ecological communities (ecosystems).

eks

(colloquial) A former partner or spouse; an ex-girlfriend, ex-boyfriend, ex-wife, or ex-husband.

eksellense

(used with His, Her or Your) A form of address for certain high officials or dignitaries.

eksentriker

An eccentric or unusual person.

eksil

(uncountable) The state of being banished from one's home or country.

eksistens

(Ontology) The state of being, existing, or occurring; beinghood.

eksistere

(intransitive, stative) to be; have existence; have being or reality

ekskludere

(transitive) To bar (someone or something) from entering; to keep out.

eksorsisme

The ritual act of driving out evil spirits from persons, places or things that are possessed by them.

eksos

The steam let out of a cylinder after it has done its work there.

ekspandere

(transitive) To change (something) from a smaller form or size to a larger one; to spread out or lay open.

ekspedere

(sports) To beat convincingly; to thrash.

ekspedisjon

A trip, especially a long one, made by a person or a group of people for a specific purpose

eksperiment

A test under controlled conditions made to either demonstrate a known truth, examine the validity of a hypothesis, or determine the efficacy or likelihood of something previously untried.

eksplosiv

Able to, or likely to, explode.

eksponensiell

Relating to an exponent.

ekstrahere

(transitive) To draw out; to pull out; to remove forcibly from a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc.

ekstrakt

Something that is extracted or drawn out.

ekstranummer

A brief extra performance, done after the main performance is complete.

ekstrovert

(informal, _, psychology) Of or characteristic of the personality of an extrovert: outgoing, sociable.

ekstrudering

A manufacturing process where a billet of material is pushed and/or drawn through a die to create a shaped rod, rail or pipe.

ekte

Genuine; legitimate; valid; sensu stricto.

ektefelle

A person in a marriage or marital relationship.

ektemann

A man in a marriage or marital relationship, especially in relation to his spouse.

ektevie

(transitive) To perform the marriage ceremony for; to join in matrimony.

ektoplasma

(parapsychology) A visible substance believed to emanate from the body of a spiritualistic medium during communication with the dead.

ekvator

(geography, often, _, “the Equator”) An imaginary great circle around Earth, equidistant from the two poles, and dividing earth's surface into the northern and southern hemispheres.

ekvilibrium

The condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced, resulting in no net change.

elastisk

Capable of stretching; particularly, capable of stretching so as to return to an original shape or size when force is released.

Elbe

A major river in central Europe that passes through the Czech Republic and Germany before flowing into the North Sea.

elefant

A large mammal of the family Elephantidae in the order Proboscidea, having a trunk, and native to Africa and Asia.

elektrisitet

(physics) The study of electrical phenomena; the branch of science dealing with such phenomena. [from 18th c.]

elektromagnetisme

A unified fundamental force that combines the aspects of electricity and magnetism and is one of the four fundamental forces. (technically it can be unified with weak nuclear to form electroweak) Its gauge boson is the photon.

elektronikk

(physics) The study and use of electrical devices that operate by controlling the flow of electrons or other electrically charged particles or by converting the flow of charged particles to or from other forms of energy.

elektronisk

(physics, chemistry) Of or pertaining to an electron or electrons.

element

One of the simplest or essential parts or principles of which anything consists, or upon which the constitution or fundamental powers of anything are based.

elendig

Of low quality.

Eleonora

A en given name.

elg

The largest member of the deer family (Alces americanus, sometimes included in Alces alces), of which the male has very large, palmate antlers.

elge

(colloquial, ambitransitive) To vomit; to throw up; to eject from the stomach.

Elia

(Abrahamism, biblical character) An Israelite prophet in the Abrahamic religions.

Elisabet

The mother of John the Baptist according to the Christian and Islamic scriptures

Elisabeth

A en given name, popular since the 16th century.

Elisja

(biblical character) A prophet, a disciple and successor of Elijah.

Ellen

A en given name.

eller hva

(informal, chiefly, Canada, Northern US, New Zealand, AU, UK) Used as a tag question, to emphasise what goes before or to request that the listener express an opinion about what has been said.

elleve

The cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve. Represented as 11 in Arabic digits.

ellevill

Ludicrously or incongruously comical.

elskling

Often used as an affectionate term of address: a person who is very dear to one.

embryo

In the reproductive cycle, the stage after the fertilization of the egg that precedes the development into a fetus.

emergens

The arising of emergent structure in complex systems.

emigrere

(intransitive) To leave the country in which one lives, especially one's native country, in order to reside elsewhere.

Emilie

A en given name.

emisjonsjobber

(countable, finance) One who applies for the allotment of shares in new projects, with a view to sell immediately at a premium, and not to hold the stock.

Emma

A en given name.

emne

The main topic of a paper, work of art, discussion, field of study, etc.

emoji

A digital graphic icon with a unique code point used to represent a concept, object, person, animal or place, originally used in Japanese text messaging but since adopted internationally in other contexts such as social media. Or, by extension, any non-standard emoji-like image inserted inline in text, i.e. an image emoticon.

emu

A large flightless bird native to Australia, Dromaius novaehollandiae. [from 18th c.]

en

The number represented by the Arabic numeral 1; the numerical value equal to that cardinal number.

en gang til

(idiomatic) Again, once more, one more time.

en over kjeften

(countable) A blow, especially one given with the open hand, or with something broad and flat.

en, to, tre, rødt lys

A children's game in which the players have to stand still without moving while being looked at.

Enare

A village in the municipality of Inari, Lapland, Finland.

enaresamisk

A Saami language: the Inari Sami.

Enaresjøen

A lake in Lapland, Finland.

encyklopedi

A comprehensive reference work (often spanning several printed volumes) with articles (usually arranged in alphabetical order, or sometimes arranged by category) on a range of subjects, sometimes general, sometimes limited to a particular field.

enda

One more further, in addition to the quantity by then; a second or additional one, similar in likeness or in effect.

ende

Used to form present participles of verbs.

endelig

Having an end or limit; (of a quantity) constrained by bounds; (of a set) whose number of elements is a natural number.

endeløs

Lasting forever; unending.

endepunkt

Either of the two points at the ends of a line segment.

endetarm

(anatomy) Part of the large intestine; the final segment of the digestive system, after (distal to) the ileum and before (proximal to) the rectum. (Because the colon is the largest part of the large intestine (constituting most of it), it is often treated as synonymous therewith in broad or casual usage.)

endetarmsåpning

(anatomy) The orifice of the rectum in most mammals, teleost fish, and many invertebrates, through which feces and flatus are ejected.

endevende

(transitive) To search something thoroughly and with disregard for the way in which things were arranged.

endre

(intransitive, or, transitive) To change condition or attitude.

energisk

(of people) Very cheery and peppy; extremely cheerful, energetic and enthusiastic.

enerverende

Causing irritation or annoyance; troublesome; vexatious.

enestående

(of a voice or sound) Having a sharp, clear tone.

eneste

Alone in a category.

enfoldig

Lacking worldly experience, wisdom, or judgement; unsophisticated.

eng

A field or pasture; a piece of land covered or cultivated with grass, usually intended to be mown for hay.

engangssum

A relatively large single payment of money often paid and received instead of, or in addition to, a sequence of smaller payments.

engasjert

Full of zeal; ardent, fervent; exhibiting enthusiasm or strong passion.

engelsk

Of or pertaining to the avoirdupois system of measure.

engelsk sjuke

(pathology) A disorder of infancy and early childhood due to a deficiency of vitamin D, causing soft or weak bones.

engelsk syke

(pathology) A disorder of infancy and early childhood due to a deficiency of vitamin D, causing soft or weak bones.

England

(historical) The territory of the Angles and (later) Anglo-Saxons in Britain at any given time before the founding of the Kingdom of England, or the territory of the English people at any given time, in either the Kingdom of England or the United Kingdom.

engstelig

Impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear.

enhver

Any person; anybody.

enke

A woman whose spouse (traditionally husband) has died (and who has not remarried); a woman in relation to her late spouse; feminine of widower.

enkel

Requiring little skill or effort.

enkelt

Relating to the basic, essential or fundamental part of something.

enkelte

Having been determined but not specified.

enkemann

A man whose spouse has died (and who has not remarried); a man in relation to his late spouse; masculine of widow. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]

enn

Introduces a comparison, and is associated with comparatives, and with words such as more, less, and fewer. Typically, it seeks to measure the force of an adjective or similar description between two predicates.

ennå

Thus far; up to the present; up to some unspecified time.

enslig

(legal) Unmarried (especially of a woman); widowed.

ensomhet

Aloneness; the state of being alone, solitary, or by oneself.

enstavelsesord

A word of one syllable.

entall

(grammar) A form of a word that refers to only one person or thing.

entalpi

(thermodynamics, physical chemistry) A measure of the heat content of a chemical or physical system.

entre

(transitive) To step or climb onto or otherwise enter a ship, aircraft, train or other conveyance.

entusiasme

(by extension) Enthusiasm; keen enjoyment; relish; gusto.

epidemiologi

(sciences) The branch of science dealing with the spread and control of diseases, viruses, concepts etc. throughout populations or systems.

epilepsi

(pathology) A medical condition in which the sufferer experiences seizures (or convulsions) and blackouts.

episode

An installment of a drama told in parts, as in a TV series.

eple

A tree of the genus Malus; especially Malus domestica which is cultivated for its edible fruit; the apple tree. [from 15th c.]

eplekjekk

Showing disrespect through a casual attitude, levity, and a lack of due seriousness; pert.

epokegjørende

Innovative; new, different; doing something that has never been done before.

er lik

(mathematics, not comparable) Exactly identical, having the same value.

ereksjon

(uncountable, physiology, of a penis or clitoris) The state or quality of being erect from engorgement with blood.

eremitt

A religious recluse; someone who lives alone for religious reasons; an eremite.

erfare

(transitive) To observe certain events; undergo a certain feeling or process; or perform certain actions that may alter one or contribute to one's knowledge, opinions, or skills.

ergerlig

Troubled, irritated by something unwanted or unliked (an annoyance); vexed.

erigere

(transitive) To set up or establish; to found; to form; to institute.

Erik

A en given name.

Erika

A en given name.

erkebiskop

A senior bishop who is in charge of an archdiocese, and presides over a group of dioceses called a province (in Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Anglicanism, etc.)

erkeengel

A powerful angel that leads many other angels, but is still loyal to a deity, and often seen as belonging to a particular archangelical rank or order within a greater hierarchy of angels. (Judeo-Christian examples: Gabriel, Michael, Raphael, Uriel).

erkefiende

A principal enemy.

erme

The part of a garment that covers the arm. [from 10th c.]

ernæring

Something that nourishes; food.

Ernst

A en given name; popular in the 19th century.

erodere

To wear away by abrasion, corrosion, or chemical reaction.

erstatning

(legal) The money paid or awarded to a claimant (in England), a pursuer (in Scotland) or a plaintiff (in the US) in a civil action as compensation for a loss suffered by the same.

erstatte

(transitive) To give (something) in return; to pay back; to pay, as something earned or deserved.

erverve

To pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain, or acquire.

Esaias

A book of the Old Testament of the Bible, and of the Tanakh.

esel

A domestic animal, Equus asinus asinus, similar to a horse.

esker

A long, narrow, sinuous ridge created by deposits from a stream running beneath a glacier.

esoterisme

The inward forms of faith and religion; transcendence, mystic experience, and internal realizations of the Divine.

estisk

Of, from, or pertaining to the country of Estonia, its people or their language.

Estland

A country in northeastern Europe, on the southeastern coast of the Baltic Sea. Official name: Republic of Estonia.

etablere

(transitive) To form; to found; to institute; to set up in business.