Norwegian–English dictionary

overtro

A belief or beliefs, not based on human reason or scientific knowledge, that events may be influenced by one's behavior in some magical or mystical way.

overtroisk

Susceptible to superstitions.

overtru

A belief or beliefs, not based on human reason or scientific knowledge, that events may be influenced by one's behavior in some magical or mystical way.

overvåke

(transitive) To watch over; to guard.

overveid

Of a person, weighing facts and arguments with a view to a choice or decision; carefully considering the probable consequences of a step; slow in determining.

overveie

(intransitive) To deduce or come to a conclusion by being rational.

overveielse

The act of deliberating, or of weighing and examining the reasons for and against a choice or measure; careful consideration; mature reflection.

overvinne

(transitive) To get or be over without touching or resting on; to overcome.

overvurdere

To esteem too highly; to give greater praise than due.

ovn

A chamber used for baking or heating.

ødelegge

(ambitransitive) To damage beyond use or repair; to damage (something) to the point that it effectively ceases to exist.

øgle

(chiefly, in attributive use) Lizard skin, the skin of these reptiles.

øke

(intransitive) (of a quantity, etc.) To become larger or greater, to greaten.

økning

An amount by which a quantity is increased.

øko-

ecology or the environment (in the ecological sense)

økologi

(biology) The branch of biology dealing with the relationships of organisms with their environment and with each other.

økonom

An expert in economics, especially one who studies economic data and extracts higher-level information or proposes theories.

økonomisk

Pertaining to an economy.

økosystem

A system formed by an ecological community and its environment that functions as a unit.

øks

An ancient weapon consisting of a head that has one or two blades and a long handle.

ønske

(intransitive) To desire (to experience desire); to wish.

ønske sterkt

(transitive) To wish for with eagerness; to desire possession of, often enviously.

ørefik

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

øremusling

(anatomy, zoology) The visible part of the ear in most therians that resides outside of the head, the auricle; outer ear excluding the ear canal.

ørering

A piece of jewelry worn on the ear.

ørret

A nonmigratory freshwater trout of species Salmo trutta, with dark spotted skin, native to Europe and Asia.

ørten

(informal, often, _, slightly, _, derogatory) Relatively large but unspecified in number. [1907]

øse

(transitive, figurative) To send out as in a stream or a flood; to cause (an emotion) to come out; to cause to escape.

Østerrike

A country in Central Europe. Official name: Republic of Austria. Capital and largest city: Vienna.

østerriker

A person from Austria or of Austrian descent.

østerriksk

Of, from, or pertaining to Austria.

østre

Of, facing, situated in, or related to the east.

øve

(intransitive) To practice an ability.

øvelse

(countable) Any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability.

øvre

Situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly.

øyeblikk

(colloquial) A very short, unspecified length of time. [from 1780.]

øyebryn

The hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket.

øyelokk

A thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye.

øyenbryn

The hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket.

øyenstikker

An insect of the suborder Epiprocta or, more strictly, the infraorder Anisoptera, having four long transparent wings held perpendicular to a long body when perched.

øyevipp

(anatomy, dermatology) One of the hairs which grows along the edge of eyelids.

på

In fashion; popular.

på denne måten

(manner) In this way or manner.

på etterskudd

Later in relation to the proper time something should have happened.

på grunn av

For the purpose of attaining (an aim).

på siden

Not relevant to.

padde

An amphibian, a kind of frog (order Anura) with shorter hindlegs and a drier, wartier skin, many in family Bufonidae.

pådra seg

(transitive) To bring upon oneself or expose oneself to, especially something inconvenient, harmful, or onerous; to become liable or subject to.

pagode

A religious building in South and Southeast Asia, especially a multi-storey tower erected as a Hindu or Buddhist temple. [from 16th c.]

påkalle

(fantasy, transitive) To call a resource by magic.

Pakistan

A country in South Asia. Official name: Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Capital: Islamabad.

pakke opp

(transitive) To remove from a package or container, particularly with respect to items that had previously been arranged closely and securely in a pack.

pakke ut

(transitive) To remove from a package or container, particularly with respect to items that had previously been arranged closely and securely in a pack.

pakketering

The act of packing something.

pakklerret

(US) A very strong, coarse cloth, made from jute, flax, or hemp, and used to make sacks, etc.

påkledning

Clothing.

pakning

(mechanics) Any mechanical seal that serves to fill the space between two objects, generally to prevent leakage between the two objects while under compression.

Pål

In the New Testament, Saul, Apostle to the Gentiles and author of fourteen epistles.

palass

A large and lavishly ornate residence.

Palau

A country consisting of around 340 islands in Micronesia, in Oceania. Official name: Republic of Palau. Capital: Ngerulmud.

påle

A wooden stake; a picket.

pålegg

Any food item added on top of another, such as sprinkles on ice cream or pepperoni on pizza.

palestinsk

Of, from, or pertaining to Palestine or the Palestinian people.

palett

All the colours that can be presented by a device such as a monitor or printer.

pålitelig

Deserving of trust, reliable.

palladium

A chemical element (symbol Pd) with an atomic number of 46: a rare, lustrous silvery-white metal.

Panama

A country in Central America. Official name: Republic of Panama.

panda

A rare, black and white mammal, Ailuropoda melanoleuca, in the ursid (bear) family.

pandabjørn

(colloquial, also, attributively) Ellipsis of giant panda (“Ailuropoda melanoleuca”). [from 19th c.]

pandemi

(epidemiology) A pandemic disease; a disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population.

pandemisk

(epidemiology) Of a disease: epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population; also, of or pertaining to a disease of this nature.

Pandora

(Greek mythology) The first woman on earth, who had been given a box by the gods and instructed not to open it, but who disobeyed the instructions out of curiosity, releasing all manner of evils into the world.

panikk

(uncountable) Overwhelming fear or fright, often affecting groups of people or animals; (countable) an instance of this; a fright, a scare.

panne

A wide, flat receptacle used around the house, especially for cooking.

pannekake

(countable, and, uncountable) A thin batter cake fried in a pan or on a griddle in oil or butter; in particular:

pannelugg

(chiefly, _, US, Philippines) Hair hanging over the forehead.

panorere

(intransitive) (of a camera) To turn horizontally.

pant

(rare) A pawnshop; pawnbroker.

panteisme

(religion) The belief that the Universe is in some sense divine and should be revered. Pantheism identifies the universe with God but denies any personality or transcendence of such a God.

panteon

(religion) A temple dedicated to all the gods.

pantsette

(transitive) To give as security on a loan of money; especially, to deposit (something) at a pawn shop.

papaya

The fruit of this tree.

papir

Made of paper.

papirmølle

(figurative, usually, derogatory) An establishment that handles a certain type of situation or procedure routinely, or produces large quantities of an item without much regard to quality. (The notion of churning out massive amounts indiscriminately underlies the figurative metaphor.)

papirvarer

Writing materials, envelopes, office materials.

pappavits

(colloquial) To tell (someone) a dad joke.

paprika

A bright reddish orange colour resembling that of the ground spice.

par

Two partners in a romantic or sexual relationship.

paradis

(playground games) A child's game, in which a player, hopping on one foot, drives a stone from one compartment to another of a figure traced or scotched on the ground.

paradoks

An apparently self-contradictory statement, which can only be true if it is false, and vice versa.

Paraguay

A country in South America. Official name: Republic of Paraguay. Capital and largest city: Asunción.

parakitt

Any of various species of small parrot primarily of tropical regions. [from 16th c.]

parallell

(military) One of a series of long trenches constructed before a besieged fortress, by the besieging force, as a cover for troops supporting the attacking batteries. They are roughly parallel to the line of outer defenses of the fortress.

parallelt

With a parallel relationship.

paralyse

(pathology) Complete or partial muscle paralysis of a body part, often accompanied by a loss of feeling and uncontrolled body movements such as shaking.

paramilitær

Relating to a paramilitary. [1935]

parapsykologi

The study of alleged paranormal phenomena; psychic or occult phenomena, such as telepathy and ghosts.

parasitt

(figuratively) A person who derives advantage from others in a parasitic fashion.

parat

Prepared for immediate action or use.

parering

A defensive or deflective action; an act of parrying.

parfyme

A pleasant smell; the scent, odor, or odoriferous particles emitted from a sweet-smelling substance; a pleasant odor.

parkere

(transitive) To bring (something such as a vehicle) to a halt or store in a specified place.

parodi

An absurd, grotesque, misrepresentative or grossly inferior likeness or imitation.

parti

(sports) A single game or match played in a tournament or other sporting contest.

partisipp

(grammar) A form of a verb that may function as an adjective, noun or adverb. English has two types of participles: the present participle and the past participle. In other languages, there are others, such as future, perfect, and future perfect participles.

partisjon

(computing) A section of a hard disk separately formatted.

partiskhet

(countable, uncountable) Inclination towards something.

pasient

A person or animal that receives health care from a doctor, nurse, dentist, allied health practitioner, or other person educated in health care.

pasje

(historical) A serving boy; a youth attending a person of high degree, especially at courts, often as a position of honor and education.

påske

A Christian feast commemorating the resurrection of Jesus Christ. It is celebrated on the first Sunday (and Monday) following the full moon that occurs on or next after the vernal equinox, ranging in most of Western Christianity (such as Protestantism and Roman Catholicism) from March 22 to April 25, and in Eastern Christianity (such as the Coptic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church) from April 4 to May 8.

påskynde

(transitive) To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of.

påspandere

(transitive) To entertain with food or drink, especially at one's own expense; to show hospitality to; to pay for as celebration or reward. [from 16th c.]

påspandering

An unexpected gift, event etc., which provides great pleasure.

pass

(cricket) A measure of the hardness of a pitch and of the tendency of a cricket ball to maintain its speed after bouncing. [from 19th c.]

passasje

(astronomy) The passage of a celestial body or other object across the observer's meridian, or across the disk of a larger celestial body.

passe på

(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.]

passe sammen

(transitive) To agree with; to be equal to; to correspond to.

passe seg (for)

(defective, ambitransitive) To use caution, pay attention to (used both with and without of).

passende

Suitable or fit; proper; felicitous.

passere

(ditransitive) To cause to move or go; to send; to transfer from one person, place, or condition to another.

passiv

(countable, broadly, by extension) A submissive partner in a sexual relationship.

passivisere

(transitive) To render unable; to take away an ability of, as by crippling.

passivisering

The process of pacifying.

påstand

A point maintained in an argument, or a line of argument taken in its support; the subject matter of discussion of strife; a position taken or contended for.

pastisj

A work of art, drama, literature, music, or architecture that imitates the work of a previous artist, usually in a positive or neutral way.

påta seg

(transitive) To include so that it no longer has separate existence; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to incorporate; to assimilate; to take in and use up. [first attested c. 1350 to 1470.]

Patagonia

A geographical region in southern South America, including the southern parts of Chile and Argentina.

Patricia

A en given name.

Patrik

(countable) A en given name.

pattedyr

An animal of the class Mammalia.

pattegris

A young pig.

påtvinge

(archaic) To put in force; to cause to be executed; to make binding; to enforce.

pauke

(musical instruments) The set of precision kettledrums in an orchestra.

Paul

A en given name of biblical origin.

Paula

A en given name.

Paulus

In the New Testament, Saul, Apostle to the Gentiles and author of fourteen epistles.

Paulus' brev til romarane

(biblical) The sixth book of the New Testament of the Bible, the epistle of St Paul to the Christians in Rome.

pavedømme

(usually) The office of the pope of Rome, who is the head of the Roman Catholic Church.

påvirke

(transitive) To have an effect on by using gentle or subtle action; to exert an influence upon; to modify, bias, or sway; to persuade or induce.

pæl

A wooden stake; a picket.

pære

A type of fruit tree (Pyrus communis).

pecannøtt

A smooth, thin-shelled, edible oval nut of this tree.

pedal

A lever operated by one's foot that is used to control or power a machine or mechanism, such as a bicycle or piano.

Pedersen

A member of an indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest Coast.

peis

An open hearth for holding a fire at the base of a chimney.

peisbukk

(usually, in plural) A utensil for supporting wood when burning in a fireplace, one being placed on each side

peishylle

A shelf that is affixed to the wall above a fireplace.

pejorativ

A disparaging, belittling, or derogatory word or expression.

pelikan

Any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae, having a long bill with a distendable pouch.

pellagra

(pathology) A disease characterised by skin lesions and mental confusion, primarily caused by a niacin deficiency. [from 19th c.]