Norwegian–English dictionary

høyre

(geography) Designating the bank of a river (etc.) on one's right when facing downstream (i.e. facing forward while floating with the current); that is, the south bank of a river that flows eastward. If this arrow: ⥴ shows the direction of the current, the tilde is on the right side of the river.

høyrøstet

Making or characterized by a noisy outcry; clamorous.

høyst

To a great extent or degree; highly; very.

hudfarge

A yellowish pink color; the color of some Caucasian human skin.

hudflette

(transitive, figuratively) To strongly condemn or criticize.

huggert

(nautical) A short sword with a curved blade, and a convex edge; once used by sailors when boarding an enemy ship.

huggorm

A venomous snake in the family Viperidae.

Hugo

(rare, _, compared to given name) A surname originating as a patronymic.

huk

A position assumed by bending deeply at the knees while resting on one's feet.

huke

(transitive) To catch with a hook (hook a fish).

hule

A large, naturally-occurring cavity formed underground or in the face of a cliff or a hillside.

hulepinnsvin

Any of several rodents of either of the taxonomic families Hystricidae (Old World porcupines) or Erethizontidae (New World porcupines), both from the infraorder Hystricognathi, noted for their sharp spines or quills, which are raised when the animal is attacked or surprised.

humle

Any of several species of large bee in the genus Bombus.

humør

A disposition to do something, a state of mind receptive or disposed to do something.

hun

A member of a nomadic tribe (the Huns) who invaded Europe in the fourth century from Central Asia.

hun-

A female, usually an animal.

hund

A mammal of the family Canidae:

hundegalskap

(disease) An infectious disease caused by species of Lyssavirus that causes acute encephalitis in warm-blooded animals and people, characterised by abnormal behaviour such as biting, excitement, aggressiveness, and dementia, followed by paralysis and death.

hundehus

A house or shelter for a dog.

hundre

A numerical value equal to 100 (102), occurring after ninety-nine.

hundreårsdag

The hundredth anniversary of an event or happening.

hundse

(transitive) To persistently harass doggedly.

hungre

(figuratively, intransitive, usually, _, with 'for' or 'after') To have a desire (for); to long; to yearn.

hunn

A female, usually an animal.

hunn-

(figuratively) Having an internal socket, as in a connector or pipe fitting. [from 16th c.]

hunndue

(countable) One of several birds of the family Columbidae within the order Columbiformes.

hunnhest

An adult female horse.

hunnsvane

A female swan.

huntun

A Chinese dumpling, often stuffed with varieties of meat or seafood and vegetables.

hurra

Used to express approval, joy or victory.

hurtig

Quickly, with great speed; within a short time [from 13th c.].

husbond

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

husdyr

Farm animals; animals domesticated for cultivation.

huskatt

A carnivorous, four-legged, generally furry domesticated species (Felis catus) of feline animal, commonly kept as a house pet. [from 8th c.]

huske

(chiefly, in the imperative) To pay attention or heed to so as to obey; hence to obey; to make sure, to take care (that). [from 17th c.]

huslaus

(of a person) Lacking a house, or, by extension, a residence or place of refuge in general; thus, having no home.

huslig

Of or relating to activities normally associated with the home, wherever they actually occur.

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.

hval

Any one of numerous large marine mammals comprising an informal group within infraorder Cetacea that usually excludes dolphins and porpoises.

hvelv

Any cellar or underground storeroom.

hvem

(fused relative, archaic, or, marginal) Whoever, he who, they who.

hvem sin

(interrogative) Of whom, belonging to whom; which person's or people's.

hvem som helst

Any person; anybody.

hvems

(interrogative) Of whom, belonging to whom; which person's or people's.

hver enkelt

All; every; qualifying a singular noun, indicating all examples of the thing so named seen as individual or separate items (compare every).

hverdagslig

(linguistics) Characteristic of familiar conversation, of common parlance; informal.

hverken

Not either (used with nor).

hvese

A sibilant sound, such as that made by a snake or escaping steam; an unvoiced fricative.

hvete

(countable) Any of several cereal grains, of the genus Triticum, that yields flour as used in bakery.

hvilepunkt

(mechanics) The support about which a lever pivots.

hvin

A long-drawn, high-pitched complaining cry or sound.

hvine

(intransitive) To complain or protest with a whine (compare whinge) or as if with a whine.

hvirvelstrøm

A whirlwind, whirlpool, or similarly moving matter in the form of a spiral or column.

hvis

Supposing that, assuming that, in the circumstances that; used to introduce a condition that may be (or prove to be) either true or false.

hvis ikke

Otherwise or as an alternative.

hvisking

The act of speaking in a quiet voice, especially without vibration of the vocal cords.

hvit

The color of snow or milk; the color of light containing equal amounts of all visible wavelengths.

Hviterussland

A country in Eastern Europe. Official name: Republic of Belarus. Capital and largest city: Minsk.

hvitløk

A plant, Allium sativum, related to the onion, having a pungent bulb much used in cooking.

hvitting

A fish, Merlangius merlangus (family Gadidae), similar to cod, found in the North Atlantic; English whiting (US).

hvor

The place in which something happens.

hvor enn

In, at or to any place (that); anywhere.

hvor som helst

In or at any location.

hvorfor

(archaic) Because of which.

hvorved

By which.

hydrogen

The lightest chemical element (symbol H), with an atomic number of 1 and atomic weight of 1.008.

hyggelig

Mild; benign.

hygiene

Those conditions and practices that promote and preserve health.

hyklete

Characterized by hypocrisy or being a hypocrite. [from mid-16th c.]

hyl

A long-drawn, high-pitched complaining cry or sound.

hyldningstale

Speaking highly of someone or something; the act of praising or commending someone or something.

hyle

To utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do.

hyletiker

(gnosticism) The basest type of man in the gnostic theologian Valentinus' triadic grouping; a person focused on neither intellectual (psychic) nor spiritual (pneumatic) reality.

hyll

A small tree, Sambucus nigra, having white flowers in a cluster, and edible purple berries.

hylle

(transitive, rare) To salute or praise with great approval; to compliment; to applaud; to welcome enthusiastically.

hylster

A box, sheath, or covering generally.

hymne

A song of praise or worship, especially a religious one.

hypermetropi

(pathology) The condition of being unable to focus on near objects; presbyopia.

hypper

(slang, often, in the plural) Rohypnol.

hyppig

Done or occurring often; common.

hyppighet

The proportional relationship between one amount, value etc. and another. [from 15th c.]

hyse

A marine fish, Melanogrammus aeglefinus, of the North Atlantic, important as a food fish.

hysj

Expressing a sudden desire for silence.

hysj!

(imperative) Be silent.

hytte

A small, simple one-storey dwelling or shelter, often with just one room, and generally built of readily available local materials.

hyttesanger

Any of various North American birds of the genus Sialia in the thrush family. Their plumage is blue or blue and red.

i

In fashion; popular.

i alle fall

(conjunctive) Regardless; anyhow. [from 19th c.]

i en skråning

Going down a slope or a hill.

i etterkant

(temporal location) At a later or succeeding time; after that;

i fjor

(rare) Last year.

i forkant

At an earlier or preceding time.

i går

On the day before today.

i hvert fall

(conjunctive) Regardless; anyhow. [from 19th c.]

i jesu navn

(euphemistic) An exclamation denoting surprise or frustration.

i kveld

During the night following the current day; during the evening of today.

i lag

At the same time, in the same place; in close association or proximity.

i like måte

The same to you; used as a response.

i live

Having life; living; not dead.

i løpet av

At any time or period within a given time interval.

i morgen

On the day after the present day.

i så fall

(conjunctive) In that case.

i seng

(archaic) In bed, or on the bed; confined to bed. [First attested from 1150 to 1350.]

i staden

In the place of something (usually mentioned earlier); as a substitute or alternative.

i stand

Free from constraints preventing completion of task; permitted to; not prevented from. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]

i stedet

In the place of something (usually mentioned earlier); as a substitute or alternative.

i stykker

(Internet slang, sarcastic) Used without a copula to mock people who oppose something without having any real understanding of it.

i tur

Next in a sequence.

id

Any of a group of related compounds - azide, polysaccharide, glycoside.

Ida

A en given name.

idédugnad

A method of problem solving in which members of a group contribute ideas spontaneously.

idémyldring

A method of problem solving in which members of a group contribute ideas spontaneously.

identifisere

(transitive) To establish the identity of someone or something.

identifisere seg

(intransitive) To associate oneself with some group; to feel, or believe one feels, the same way.

identitet

The difference or character that marks off an individual or collective from the rest of the same kind; selfhood; the sense of who something or someone or oneself is, or the recurring characteristics that enable the recognition of such an individual or group by others or themselves.

idet

To such an extent or degree; to the same extent or degree.

idiosynkratisk

Peculiar to a specific individual; eccentric.

idolisere

(transitive) To idolize.

idrett

(countable, uncountable) Any activity that uses physical exertion or skills competitively under a set of rules that is not based on aesthetics.

idrettsanlegg

(US) A field, stadium or park where ball, especially baseball, is played.

igjen

Used metalinguistically, with the repetition being in the discussion, or in the linguistic or pragmatic context of the discussion, rather than in the subject of discussion. [from 16thc.]

igle

An aquatic blood-sucking annelid of subclass Hirudinea, especially Hirudo medicinalis.

iglo

A dome-shaped Inuit shelter, constructed of blocks cut from snow.

ikke

(non-productive) Used with certain words to reverse their meaning.

ikke anvendbar

not applicable

ikke bærekraftig

Not sustainable.

ikke sant

(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.

ikke stemme overens

(intransitive) To fail to conform or correspond with.

ild

(countable) The occurrence, often accidental, of fire in a certain place, causing damage and danger.

ilegge bot

(transitive) To issue a fine as punishment to (someone).

illevarslende

Warning of bad consequences: ill-boding; portentous.

illusjon

(countable) Anything that seems to be something that it is not.

Immanuel

(Christianity) This figure, regarded by Christians as the Messiah or Christ.

immigrere

(intransitive) To move into a foreign country to stay permanently.

immunitet

The state of being exempt; immunity.

imot

In physical opposition to; in collision with.

imøtekommende

Characterised by careful and conscious thought.

impedans

(physics) A measure of the opposition to the flow of an alternating current in a circuit; the aggregation of its resistance, and inductive and capacitive reactances; the ratio of voltage to current treated as complex quantities.

imperialisme

The policy of forcefully extending a nation's authority by territorial gain or by the establishment of economic and political dominance over other nations.

imperium

The group of states or other territories that owe allegiance to an imperial power (foreign to them), when distinguished from the native territory of that power; imperial possessions.

implisere

(transitive, of a proposition) To have as a necessary consequence; to lead to (something) as a consequence.

implodere

(transitive) To cause to collapse or burst inward violently.

imponerende

Making, or tending to make, a positive impression; having power to impress.

improvisere

To make something up or invent it as one goes on; to proceed guided only by imagination, intuition, and guesswork rather than by a careful plan.

improvisert

Made to work or suffice; improvised; substituted.

impulsstyrt

Making arbitrary decisions, especially in an impulsive and forceful manner.

Ina

A en given name.

indeks

An alphabetical listing of items and their location.

India

(chiefly, historical, proscribed, _, in modern use) A region of South Asia, traditionally delimited by the Himalayas and the Indus river; the Indian subcontinent.

Indianapolis

The capital city of Indiana, United States and the county seat of Marion County, with which the city is consolidated.