Norwegian–English dictionary

kommode

A chest of drawers.

kommunal

Of or pertaining to a municipality (a city or a corporation having the right of administering local government).

kommune-

Of or pertaining to a municipality (a city or a corporation having the right of administering local government).

kommunist

Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating communism.

kommunistisk

Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating communism.

kompakt

Lacking holes, hollows or admixtures of other materials.

komparabel

(often with to) Able to be compared (to).

komparativ

Of or relating to comparison.

kompass

A magnetic or electronic device used to determine the cardinal directions (usually magnetic or true north).

kompersjon

(neologism) Vicarious joy associated with seeing one's partner have a joyful romantic or sexual relation with another.

kompetanse

The ability to perform some task; competence.

kompis

(informal, especially, with a possessive) A male friend.

komplett

To the full or entire extent.

kompliment

An expression of praise, congratulation, or respect.

komplimentere

(ambitransitive) To pay a compliment (to someone); to express a favourable opinion (of someone).

komplisert

Difficult or convoluted.

komponist

Especially, one who composes music.

kompositt

Made up of multiple components; compound or complex.

kompostere

To produce compost, let organic matter decay into fertilizer.

kompressor

A device that produces pressure, such as a gas compressor that produces pressurized gas.

kondensator

(electronics) An electronic component capable of storing electrical energy in an electric field; especially one consisting of two conductors separated by a dielectric.

kondisjonalis

(grammar) The conditional mood.

konditor

A manufacturer of or dealer in confections (sweets, candies, sweet pastries, and other sweet food items).

kondolere

(transitive) To feel or express compassion or sympathy for (someone or something).

konduksjon

(physics) The conveying of heat or electricity through material.

konfabulere

(ambitransitive, psychology) To fabricate memories in order to fill gaps in one's memory.

konfekt

A food item prepared very sweet, frequently decorated in fine detail, and often preserved with sugar, such as a candy, sweetmeat, fruit preserve, pastry, or cake.

konfetti

Small pieces or strips (streamers) of colored paper or other material (metal, plaster, etc) generally thrown about at festive occasions, especially at weddings and in victory celebrations.

konfigurer

(transitive) To set up or arrange something in such a way that it is ready for operation for a particular purpose, or to someone's particular liking

konfirmasjon

A ceremony of sealing and conscious acknowledgement of the faith in many Christian churches, typically around the ages of 14 to 18; considered a sacrament in some churches, including Catholicism, but not in most Protestant churches.

konfluens

A convergence or combination of forces, people, or things.

konformitet

The state of things being similar or identical.

konfrontere

(transitive) To deal with (a difficult situation or person); to accept (facts, reality, etc.) even when undesirable.

konfus

Confused, astonished.

kongedømme

A realm having a king or queen as its actual or nominal sovereign.

kongerike

A realm having a king or queen as its actual or nominal sovereign.

kongle

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

konjakk

A brandy distilled from white wine in the region around Cognac in France.

konjunksjon

(grammar) A word used to join other words, phrases, or clauses together into sentences. (The specific conjunction used shows how the two joined parts are related semantically.)

konkav

Curved like the inner surface of a sphere or bowl.

konkordans

(chiefly, _, Bible) An alphabetical verbal index showing the places in the text of a book where each principal word may be found, with its immediate context in each place.

konkret

Able to be treated as fact; real or concrete.

konkurranse

(countable) A competition.

konkurs

(transitive) To force into bankruptcy.

konsekrere

(transitive) To declare something holy, or make it holy by some procedure.

konsern

A business, firm or enterprise; a company.

konsis

Brief, yet including all important information.

konsoll

Abbreviation of video game console.

konstant

Constantly during a certain period, or regularly at stated intervals (opposed to sometimes or occasionally).

Konstantin

A en given name.

Konstantinopel

(historical) The former name, from 330–1930 C.E., of Istanbul, the largest city in Turkey; the former capital of the Ottoman Empire and of the Byzantine Empire before that.

konstellasjon

(astronomy) An arbitrary formation of stars perceived as a figure (especially one from mythology) or pattern, or a division of the sky including it, especially one officially recognized by astronomers; an asterism.

kontakt

(uncountable, in set phrases) A relationship of close communication or understanding.

kontakte

(transitive) To establish communication with (something or someone).

kontanter

Hard cash in the form of banknotes and coins, as opposed to cheques/checks, credit cards, or credit more generally.

kontinent

(obsolete) Containing or capable of containing.

kontor

A room, set of rooms, or building used for non-manual work, particularly:

kontraksjon

A (sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume; a narrowing, a shortening, a shrinking.

kontrakt

(legal) An agreement which the law will enforce in some way. A legally binding contract must contain at least one promise, i.e., a commitment or offer, by an offeror to and accepted by an offeree to do something in the future. A contract is thus executory rather than executed.

kontrollere

(transitive) To inspect; to examine.

konvolutt

A paper or cardboard wrapper used to enclose small, flat items, especially letters, for mailing.

koordinasjon

The ability to coordinate one's senses and physical movements in order to act skillfully.

kopi

The result of copying; an identical or nearly identical duplicate of an original.

kopper

(uncountable) A reddish-brown, malleable, ductile metallic element with high electrical and thermal conductivity, symbol Cu, and atomic number 29.

kor

The space around the altar in a church, often enclosed, for use by the clergy and the choir. In medieval cathedrals the chancel was usually enclosed or blocked off from the nave by an altar screen.

korbror

A type of clergymember serving a cathedral or collegiate church.

Korea

A geographic region consisting of two countries in East Asia, commonly known as South Korea and North Korea; formerly a single country.

koreaner

(countable) A native or resident in North Korea or South Korea, or a person of Korean descent.

koreansk

Of or relating to the Asian Peninsula comprising North Korea and South Korea.

korherre

A type of clergymember serving a cathedral or collegiate church.

koriander

(UK, Irish) The annual herb Coriandrum sativum, used in many cuisines.

Korint

A port city in Greece.

Korinterne

(biblical) Either of the two books in the New Testament of the Bible that are written as epistles to the people of Corinth and which are attributed to Paul the Apostle, Sosthenes and Timothy.

korketrekker

An implement for opening bottles that are sealed by a cork. Sometimes specifically such an implement that includes a screw-shaped part, or worm.

korn

(Commonwealth, but not Australia or New Zealand, uncountable) Any cereal plant (or its grain) that is the main crop or staple of a country or region.

Kornelius

A en given name.

kornisk

The Celtic language of Cornwall, related to Welsh and Breton.

kornkråke

A European bird, Corvus frugilegus, of the crow family.

korpulent

Extremely overweight, especially: weighing more than 20% (for men) or 25% (for women) over their conventionally ideal weight determined by height and build; or, having a body mass index over 30 kg/m2.

korpus

(specifically, linguistics) Such a collection in form of an electronic database used for linguistic analyses.

korrekt

(grammar) Used to designate a particular person, place, or thing. Proper nouns are usually written with an initial capital letter. [14th c.]

korrigere

(transitive) To improve or rectify.

korrosjon

The act of corroding or the condition so produced.

korsbror

A type of clergymember serving a cathedral or collegiate church.

korsett

A woman's foundation garment, reinforced with stays, that supports the waistline, hips and bust.

Korsika

An island and administrative region of France, in the Mediterranean to the north of Sardinia.

korstog

Any of a series of religious campaigns by Christian forces from the 11th to the 13th century, mostly to capture the Holy Land from the Muslims who occupied it.

kort

Any flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic, etc.

kortstokk

A full set of playing cards

kortvarig

Lasting for a short period of time.

korund

(mineral) An extremely hard mineral, a form of aluminum oxide with the chemical formula Al2O3, that occurs in the form of the gemstones sapphire and ruby; it is used as an abrasive.

kos

(UK) An affectionate embrace, a hug, such as is given to family members and close friends (less intimate than a snuggle, and typically of shorter duration).

kosakk

A member or descendant of an originally (semi-)nomadic population of Eastern Europe and the adjacent parts of Asia, formed in part of runaways from neighbouring countries, that eventually settled in parts of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Russian tsarist Empire and constituted a military caste, particularly in areas now comprising southern Russia and Ukraine.

kose med

(transitive, intransitive, informal) To stroke or fondle (another person) amorously.

kose seg

(figurative) To take great pleasure or satisfaction; to feel warmth or happiness. (Usually followed by "in".)

kosmonaut

An astronaut, especially a Russian or Soviet one.

kosteskaft

The handle of a broom (sweeping tool); (sometimes) the entire broom.

kott

(archaic) The private residence or private council chamber of a monarch.

kowtow

The act of kowtowing.

kø

A waiting list or other means of organizing people or objects into a first-come-first-served order.

København

The capital city of Denmark.

kødde

(intransitive) To do or say something for amusement rather than seriously.

kølle

(music) A small hammer-like tool used for playing certain musical instruments.

krabbe

(uncountable) The meat of this crustacean, served as food; crabmeat.

kraftig

Large in size, quantity, or value.

kråke

Any of various dark-coloured nymphalid butterflies of the genus Euploea.

krampe

A sudden attack or convulsion, (e.g. an epileptic seizure).

kran

Any bird of the family Gruidae, large birds with long legs and a long neck which is extended during flight.

krangel

Argument, contest, debate, strife, struggle.

krangle

(intransitive, also, figuratively) To argue fiercely; to contend; to squabble; to cease to be on friendly terms, to fall out.

krapp

A dye made from the plant.

krås

A specialized organ constructed of thick muscular walls found in the digestive tract of some animals, including archosaurs (including crocodilians and birds), earthworms, some gastropods, some fish, and some crustaceans, and used for grinding up food, often aided by particles of stone or grit.

krav

An order.

kravle

(ambitransitive) To climb (something) with some difficulty, or in a haphazard fashion.

kreativ

(of a created thing) Original, expressive and imaginative.

kreditere

(transitive, accounting) To add to an account.

kreft

(medicine, oncology, disease) A disease in which the cells of a tissue undergo uncontrolled (and often rapid) proliferation.

kremere

(transitive) To incinerate a dead body (as an alternative to burial).

Kreml

The Moscow Kremlin; a fortified complex in Moscow, Russia that serves as the official residence of the President of the Russian Federation.

krenge

(nautical, transitive) To heave a ship down on one side so as to expose the other, in order to clean it of barnacles and weed, or to repair it below the water line.

kreolspråk

(linguistics) A language formed from two or more languages which has developed from a pidgin to become a first language.

kreps

Someone with a Cancer star sign.

Kreta

An island in the Mediterranean, and the largest in Greece.

kretsløp

(electricity) Enclosed path of an electric current, usually designed for a certain function.

kreve

To request forcefully.

kriger

A person who is actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare; a soldier or combatant.

krigslist

Specifically, such a tactic or artifice in military operation.

krigsskip

Any ship built or armed for naval combat.

kriminologi

The study of crime and criminals, especially their behaviour.

kringkasting

(business) The business or profession of radio and television.

kristen

(not comparable) Of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians.

kristendom

An Abrahamic religion originating from the community of the followers of Jesus Christ.

Kristine

A en given name.

kristtorn

Any of various shrubs or (mostly) small trees, of the genus Ilex, either evergreen or deciduous, used as decoration especially at Christmas.

Kristus

(Christianity) A title given to Jesus of Nazareth, seen as the fulfiller of the messianic prophecy.

kritikk

(uncountable) The act of criticising; a critical judgment passed or expressed

kritisere

To evaluate (something), assessing its merits and faults.

kritiserende

Marked by harsh abuse; abusive, often with ranting or railing.

kro

A restaurant or bar.

Kroatia

A country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe. Official name: Republic of Croatia. Capital and largest city: Zagreb. Part of Yugoslavia until 1991.

kroatisk

Of or pertaining to Croatia, the Croatian people or their language.

kroke

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

krokodille

Any of the predatory amphibious reptiles of the family Crocodylidae; (loosely) a crocodilian, any species of the order Crocodilia, which also includes the alligators, caimans and gavials.

kroll

A curving piece or lock of hair; a ringlet.

krom

A chemical element (symbol Cr) with an atomic number of 24: a steely-grey, lustrous, hard and brittle transition metal.

kronblad

(botany) One of the component parts of the corolla of a flower. It applies particularly, but not necessarily only, when the corolla consists of separate parts, that is when the petals are not connately fused. Petals are often brightly colored.

kronestein

(architecture) The top stone of an arch.

kronetak

The zone of the highest foliage and branches of a forest.

kronhjort

(countable) An adult male deer, especially a red deer and especially one in high adulthood versus a young adult.

kronologisk

(films, shows, books, etc) Relating to the arrangement of events in the order in which they occur within a story, rather than the order in which they are released.