Norwegian–English dictionary

samstundes

Happening at the same moment.

samsvare

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

samtidig

At the same time; simultaneously; together.

samvittighet

(chiefly, fiction, narratology) A personification of the moral sense of right and wrong, usually in the form of a person, a being or merely a voice that gives moral lessons and advices.

samvittighetsnag

A pricking of conscience or a feeling of regret, especially one which is slight or fleeting.

sand

(uncountable) Rock that is ground more finely than gravel, but is not as fine as silt (more formally, see grain sizes chart), forming beaches and deserts and also used in construction.

sanddyne

(geomorphology) A ridge or hill of sand piled up by currents of wind or water.

sandfarget

Having the colour of sand.

sandkryper

A small freshwater fish, Gobio gobio, that is native to Eurasia.

sandsekk

A small bag filled with sand and used as a cudgel.

sandstein

A sedimentary rock produced by the consolidation and compaction of sand, cemented with clay etc.

sandwich

A dish or foodstuff where at least one piece, but typically two or more pieces, of bread serves as the wrapper or container of some other food.

sang

The act of using the voice to produce musical sounds; vocalizing.

sanger

A person who sings, often professionally.

sanglerke

A small brown passerine bird, Alauda arvensis, that sings as it flies high into the air.

sangria

A cold drink, originating in Spain, consisting of red or white wine, brandy or sherry, fruit juice, sugar and soda water and garnished with orange and other fruit.

sanksjon

(mostly, in the plural) A penalty, punishment, or some coercive measure, intended to ensure compliance; especially one adopted by several nations, or by an international body.

sanksjonere

(transitive) To give official authorization or approval to; to countenance.

sann

Belonging to oneself or itself; own. [14th c.]

sannhet

A self-evident or obvious truth.

sannhetsnærhet

The property of seeming true, of resembling reality; resemblance to reality.

sans

Any of the manners by which living beings perceive the physical world: for humans sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste.

sanskrit

A classical Indo-European language of South Asia, which is the liturgical language of Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism.

såpe

(countable, uncountable, informal, by extension, mineral) Some other substance, often a detergent or another surfactant, able to mix with both oil and water, used for cleaning.

sapfisk

Lesbian, relating to lesbianism, or (broadly) to women who are attracted (not necessarily exclusively) to women.

sår

(figuratively) A hurt to a person's feelings, reputation, prospects, etc.

Sarajevo

The capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, built on the Miljacka river.

Sardinia

An island and autonomous region of Italy, in the Mediterranean Sea.

sardisk

A Romance language spoken in the Italian region of Sardinia.

såre

(transitive) To wound or cause physical harm to a living creature.

sårhet

The property, state, or condition of being sore; painfulness.

sarkasme

(uncountable) Use of acerbic language to mock or convey contempt, often using verbal irony and (in speech) often marked by overemphasis and sneering.

sarkofag

A stone coffin, often with its exterior inscribed, or decorated with sculpture.

satire

(uncountable) A literary device of writing or art which principally ridicules its subject often as an intended means of provoking or preventing change or highlighting a shortcoming in the work of another. Imitation, humor, irony, and exaggeration are often used to aid this.

saubukk

(zoology, agriculture) A male sheep, typically uncastrated.

saudiaraber

A person from Saudi Arabia or of Saudi Arabian descent.

sauebukk

(zoology, agriculture) A male sheep, typically uncastrated.

Saul

(biblical character) The first king of Israel in the Old Testament.

Saulus

(Christianity) The Hebrew name of Apostle Paul in the New Testament.

saus

A liquid (often thickened) condiment or accompaniment to food.

savanne

A mixed woodland-grassland biome and ecosystem characterised by the trees being sufficiently widely spaced so that the canopy does not close.

savne

(transitive) To become aware of the loss or absence of; to feel the want or need of, sometimes with regret; to feel sadness at the absence of somebody or something.

sæd

A sticky, milky fluid produced in male reproductive organs that contains the reproductive cells.

sær

Not normal; odd, unusual, surprising, out of the ordinary, often with a negative connotation.

særegenhet

A peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify.

særskilt

In a separate manner; not together; apart.

scene

The location of an event that attracts attention.

schizofreni

(now, deprecated) A condition in which a person is supposed to have several distinct personalities; dissociative identity disorder. [from 20th c.]

scooter

A motorscooter; a small motorcycle or moped with a step-through frame.

se

To try to see, to pay attention to with one’s eyes.

se på

(transitive) To look at.

se ut

To try to see, to pay attention to with one’s eyes.

Sebastian

A en given name.

seg

(reflexive pronoun) Him; the male object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject

sei

Either of two lean, white marine food fishes, of the genus Pollachius, in the cod family.

seier

(uncountable) The condition or state of having won a battle or competition, or having succeeded in an effort; (countable) an instance of this.

seiersmargin

In a parliament or legislature, the difference in seats between the ruling party and the opposition; (UK) in an election, the difference in votes between the winning candidate and the second-place candidate, or between the winning candidate and all of the other candidates combined.

seig

Having a pliable or springy texture when chewed.

seil

(nautical) A piece of fabric attached to a boat and arranged such that it causes the wind to drive the boat along. The sail may be attached to the boat via a combination of mast, spars and ropes.

seilbåt

(watercraft) A boat propelled by a sail.

seilende

Travelling by ship.

sein

Near the end of a period of time.

sekk

A bag; especially a large bag of strong, coarse material for storage and handling of various commodities, such as potatoes, coal, coffee; or, a bag with handles used at a supermarket, a grocery sack; or, a small bag for small items, a satchel.

sekkepipe

A musical wind instrument possessing a flexible bag inflated by bellows, a double-reed melody pipe and up to four drone pipes; any aerophone that produces sound using air from a reservoir to vibrate enclosed reeds.

sekkestrie

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

seks

The digit or figure 6.

sekstant

(nautical) A navigational device for deriving angular distances between objects so as to determine latitude and longitude.

seksten

The cardinal number occurring after fifteen and before seventeen, represented in Arabic numerals as 16 and in Roman numerals as XVI.

sekstende

The ordinal form of the number sixteen.

seksti

The cardinal number occurring after fifty-nine and before sixty-one, represented in Roman numerals as LX and in Arabic numerals as 60.

seksuell

Arising from the fact of being male or female; pertaining to sex or gender, or to the social relations between the sexes. [from 17th c.]

sekt

An offshoot of a larger religion or denomination.

sekund

(music) The interval between two adjacent notes in a diatonic scale (either or both of them may be raised or lowered from the basic scale via any type of accidental).

sekundant

One who supports another in a contest or combat, such as a dueller's assistant.

sekvestrere

To separate from all external influence; to seclude; to withdraw.

sel

A pinniped (Pinnipedia), particularly an earless seal (true seal) or eared seal.

selen

A nonmetallic chemical element (symbol Se) with an atomic number of 34, used mainly in glassmaking and pigments and as a semiconductor.

selenologi

(chiefly) The scientific study of the Moon’s movements in the heavens and the kinetic influences it has upon and it receives from other astronomical bodies.

seleritet

Speed, swiftness.

selfie

(informal, mobile phones) A photographic self-portrait, especially one taken manually (not using a timer, tripod etc.) with a small camera or mobile phone.

selge

(transitive, ditransitive, intransitive) To transfer goods or provide services in exchange for money.

selger

Someone who sells; a vendor; a clerk.

selle

(biology) The basic unit of a living organism, consisting of a quantity of protoplasm surrounded by a cell membrane, which is able to synthesize proteins and replicate itself. [from 19th c.]

selleri

A European herb (Apium graveolens) of the carrot family.

Selma

(countable) A en given name.

selskap

A business, firm or enterprise; a company.

selsom

Not normal; odd, unusual, surprising, out of the ordinary, often with a negative connotation.

selv

An individual person as the object of the person's own reflective consciousness (plural selves).

selv om

Although, despite (it) being.

selvbevissthet

Consciousness of power; fullness of animal spirits; mettle; wantonness.

selvbiografi

(countable) A self-written biography; the story of one's own life.

selvmord

(countable) A particular instance of a person intentionally killing oneself, or of multiple people doing so.

selvsagt

(idiomatic) Clearly, obviously.

sement

(uncountable) The paste-like substance resulting from mixing such a powder with water, or the rock-like substance that forms when it dries.

sementvelling

A thin mortar used to fill the gaps between tiles and cavities in masonry.

senat

In some bicameral legislative systems, the upper house or chamber.

sende

(transitive, ditransitive) To make something (such as an object or message) go from one place to another (or to someone).

sende epost

(intransitive) To send, or compose and then send, one or more emails.

sende søppelpost

(transitive, intransitive, computing, Internet) To send messages repeatedly, often with disruptive effect; to flood.

senecaene

A member of a tribe of Native Americans in western New York state.

Senegal

A country in West Africa. Official name: Republic of Senegal.

senere

(Manglish, Singlish) What if (something problematic or unanticipated happens); if not (something undesirable will happen).

senest

Final, ultimate, coming after all others of its kind.

sengeliggende

Confined to bed because of infirmity or illness.

senke

(transitive, figurative) To cause to decline; to depress or degrade.

sentralisme

A system that centralizes, especially an administration of some kind.

sentrifuge

By extension, any device which rotates in order to produce artificial gravity (in the form of centrifugal force)

sentrifugere

To rotate something in a centrifuge, typically in order to separate its constituents.

Seoul

The capital city of South Korea, also the historical capital of Korea from 1394 until the country was divided in 1945.

seppuku

A form of ritual suicide by disembowelment using a blade, practiced by Japanese samurai, especially to rid oneself of shame, as a means of protest, or, formerly, as a method of capital punishment.

september

The ninth month of the Gregorian calendar, following August and preceding October, containing the southward equinox.

septer

An ornamental staff held by a ruling monarch as a symbol of power.

seraf

(post-biblical) A six-winged angel; one of the highest choir or order of angels in Christian angelology, ranked above cherubim, and below God.

Serbia

A country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe. Official name: Republic of Serbia. Capital and largest city: Belgrade. Part of Yugoslavia until 1992, then part of Serbia and Montenegro until 2006.

serbisk

(uncountable) The standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian, a South Slavic language, spoken by Serbs.

seriøs

Important; weighty; not insignificant

sersjant

The highest rank of noncommissioned officer in some non-naval military forces and police.

servant

A wide bowl for washing, sometimes affixed to a wall.

server

(computing) A program that provides services to other programs or devices, either in the same computer or over a computer network.

servere

(transitive) To set down (food or drink) on the table to be eaten; to bring (food, drink) to a person. [from 15th c.]

serviett

A serviette; a (usually rectangular) piece of cloth or paper used at the table for wiping the mouth and hands for cleanliness while eating.

servise

Dishes, plates, and similar tableware collectively, usually made of some ceramic material, used for serving food on and eating from.

sesam

The seed of this plant.

sesong

(North America, Australia, broadcasting) A group of episodes of a television or radio program broadcast in regular intervals with a long break between each group, usually with one year between the beginning of each.

Set

(biblical character) The third son of Adam and Eve.

setning

(grammar) A grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate, even if one or the other is implied. In modern writing, when using e.g. the Latin, Greek or Cyrillic alphabets, typically beginning with a capital letter and ending with a full stop or other punctuation. [from 15th c.]

sette

(transitive, figuratively) To restrain (from speaking, expressing opinion or acting); to gag; to silence; to censor.

sette av

(transitive) To keep back; to retain.

sette dato

(transitive) To note the time or place of writing or executing; to express in an instrument the time of its execution.

sette i gang

(transitive) To begin; to start.

sette i scene

To point out to or show (somebody) the right course or way; to guide, as by pointing out the way; to refer.

sette i transe

(transitive) To put into a trance.

sette opp farten

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

sette pris på

To hold dear; to cherish.

sette ut av stand til

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

Sevilla

The capital city of Andalusia, Spain.

sevje

(uncountable) The juice of plants of any kind, especially the ascending and descending juices or circulating fluid essential to nutrition.

sex

(uncountable) Sexual activity, usually sexual intercourse unless preceded by a modifier. [from 1899]

sexy

Having sex appeal; attractive.

Seychellene

An archipelago and country in East Africa, in the Indian Ocean. Official name: Republic of Seychelles.

sfære

(figuratively) The region in which something or someone is active; one's province, domain. [from 17th c.]

sfinks

(Greek mythology) One of the many offspring of Typhon and Echidna, a winged lion-like creature with a woman's face, who committed suicide out of frustration after Oedipus managed to solve her riddles.

Sfinksen

An ancient, large statue in Egypt, with the face of a man and the body of a lion, lying near the Great Pyramids.

shake

(transitive) To give a tremulous tone to; to trill.

sheriff

(US) A government official, usually responsible for law enforcement in their county and for administration of the county jail, sometimes an officer of the court, usually elected.

shoppe

(intransitive) To visit stores or shops to browse or explore merchandise, especially with the intention of buying such merchandise.

si opp

(transitive, or, intransitive) To voluntarily leave (a job or position), in particular a hard-fought position of high status. [from 14th c.]

Sibir

The region of Russia in Asia, stretching from the Urals to the Pacific Ocean.

Sicilia

The largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, an autonomous region of Italy, close to Africa and separated from Tunisia and Libya by the Strait of Sicily.

siciliansk

The language of Sicily.