Norwegian–English dictionary

baksnakk

(uncountable) Falsifications or misrepresentations intended to disparage or discredit another.

baksnakking

(uncountable) Falsifications or misrepresentations intended to disparage or discredit another.

baktalelse

(uncountable) Falsifications or misrepresentations intended to disparage or discredit another.

baktaling

(uncountable) Falsifications or misrepresentations intended to disparage or discredit another.

baktropp

(military) The rearmost part of a force, especially a detachment of troops that protect the rear of a retreating force.

Baku

The capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

bakverk

(uncountable) The food group formed by the various kinds of pastries.

bål

A large, controlled outdoor fire lit to celebrate something or as a signal.

Bali

A province of Indonesia, primarily made up of the island of Bali.

balje

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

Balkan

A cultural region and peninsula in Southeast Europe, roughly equivalent to the area covered by Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia, sometimes including Romania, Slovenia, and European Turkey. [19th c.]

ballast

Coarse gravel or similar material laid to form a bed for roads or railroads, or in making concrete; track ballast.

ballaste

(transitive) To stabilize or load a ship with ballast.

ballveksling

(squash, table tennis, tennis, badminton) A sequence of strokes between serving and scoring a point.

balustrade

A row of balusters topped by a rail, serving as an open parapet, as along the edge of a balcony, terrace, bridge, staircase, or the eaves of a building.

banal

Having little weight as compared with bulk; of little density or specific gravity.

bananrepublikk

(politics, idiom, pejorative) A small country, especially one in Central America or the West Indies, that is dependent on a single export commodity (traditionally bananas) and that has a corrupt, dictatorial government.

bandasje

A strip of gauze or similar material used to protect or support a wound or injury.

bandy

(sports, uncountable) A winter sport played on ice, from which ice hockey developed.

bane

(figurative) To cause (someone) misery or ruin; to socially or spiritually injure (someone).

banebrytende

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

banebryter

(by extension) The person(s) at the forefront of any group or movement.

Bangladesh

A country in South Asia. Official name: People's Republic of Bangladesh. Capital: Dhaka.

banjo

A stringed musical instrument (chordophone), usually with a round body, a membrane-like soundboard and a fretted neck, played by plucking or strumming the strings.

bank

(nautical, hydrology) An elevation under the sea; a shallow area of shifting sand, gravel, mud, and so forth

banke

(nautical, hydrology) An elevation under the sea; a shallow area of shifting sand, gravel, mud, and so forth

bankeånd

(parapsychology) An unseen ghost which makes noises and causes disruption, especially by causing physical objects to move or fly about.

bankerott

(transitive) To force into bankruptcy.

bankier

One who conducts the business of banking; one who, individually, or as a member of a company, keeps an establishment for the deposit or loan of money, or for traffic in money, bills of exchange, etc.

banner

A thin, often triangular flag or streamer, especially as hung from the end of a lance or spear.

Barbados

An island and country in the Caribbean.

barbarisk

Barbaric; not civilized.

barbere

(intransitive) To remove hair from one's face by this means.

Barbro

A en given name.

Barcelona

The capital city of Catalonia, Spain.

bare

Alone; exclusively.

bare hyggelig

A polite reaction to receiving thanks, meaning that the speaker enjoyed helping the listener.

barium

The chemical element (symbol Ba) with an atomic number of 56. It is a soft, reactive, silvery alkaline earth metal.

bark

(countable, uncountable) The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree.

barm

A breast, one of a woman's breasts

barn

(legal) A minor.

barndom

(mostly, uncountable) The state of being a child.

barndomshjem

The place (residence, settlement, country, etc.), where a person was born or raised; childhood or parental home; home of one’s parents or guardian.

barnebarn

A child of someone's child.

barnehjem

A residential institution for the care and protection of orphans.

barneseng

(UK, Irish, Commonwealth) A bed for infants or small children, with high, often slatted, often moveable sides.

barnevakt

A person who cares for one or more babies or children for a short period of time in place of their legal guardians.

barnevogn

(US, Canada, Australia) A seat or chair on wheels, pushed by somebody walking behind it, typically used for transporting babies and young children.

barometer

An instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure.

baron

A baron of beef, a cut made up of a double sirloin.

barrikade

An obstacle, barrier, or bulwark.

barrikadere

To close or block a road etc., as, or using, a barricade.

Bartolomeus

An Apostle, identified with Nathanael. (biblical character)

bartre

(botany) A plant belonging to the order Coniferales; a cone-bearing seed plant with vascular tissue, usually a tree.

basalt

(mineral) A hard mafic igneous rock of varied mineral content; volcanic in origin, which makes up much of the Earth's oceanic crust.

basar

A fair or temporary market, often for charity.

baseball

The ball used to play the sport of baseball.

basert

Founded on; having a basis; often used in combining forms.

basilika

(architecture) A Christian church building having a nave with a semicircular apse, side aisles, a narthex and a clerestory.

basker

A member of a cultural and ethnic people living in the western Pyrenees and the Bay of Biscay between France and Spain.

basketball

(countable) The particular kind of ball used in the sport of basketball.

baskisk

Relating to the Basque people or their language.

batch

(computing) A set of data to be processed at one time.

båthus

A building at the edge of a river, lake or other body of water in which boats are kept.

batsisk

A Northeast Caucasian language of the Nakh family, spoken in Georgia.

batteri

(electrical, electronics, countable) A device used to power electric devices, consisting of one or more electrically connected electrochemical cells or (archaically) electrostatic cells.

batyskaf

A self-propelled deep-sea diving submersible for exploring the ocean depths, consisting of a crew cabin similar to a bathysphere suspended below a float filled with a buoyant liquid such as petrol.

baug

(nautical) The front part of a vessel.

Bayern

A historic region, former duchy, former kingdom, and modern state of Germany; the modern state includes parts of historical Swabia and Franconia as well as historical Bavaria.

bayersk

Of, from or relating to the state of Bavaria, Germany.

bæ

(onomatopoeia) The characteristic cry of a sheep.

bær

A small succulent fruit, of any one of many varieties.

bære

(transitive) To give (written or oral testimony or evidence); (figurative) to provide or constitute (evidence or proof), give witness.

bære seg

(pejorative, intransitive) To cry while sniffling; to whine or complain while crying.

bærebjelke

A beam of steel, wood, or reinforced concrete, used as a main horizontal support in a building or structure.

bærer

A person who carries luggage and related objects.

bæsj-and-carry

Clipping of portable toilet.

be om

(transitive, intransitive) To request (information, or an answer to a question).

beamer

(slang) A BMW motorcycle or automobile.

bearbeide

(transitive) To work on or shape with tools, e.g., hand-tooled leather.

beatnik

A person associated with the Beat Generation of the 1950s and 1960s or its style.

beboer

An inhabitant of a place; one who dwells in a certain place.

bebreide

(of a person) To criticise harshly; to reprove.

bebyrde

To assign a duty or responsibility to; to order.

bedøve

(transitive) To stun or stupefy, for example with bright light, with a blow, with cold, or with fear.

bedra

(transitive) To trick or mislead.

bedrag

Anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick.

bedrageri

Any act of deception carried out for the purpose of unfair, undeserved or unlawful gain.

bedre

comparative of the adverb well

bedyre

(reflexive) To insist on the legitimacy of one's rights, opinion, etc; not to allow oneself to be dismissed; to ensure that one is taken into consideration; to make oneself respected; to be assertive. See assert oneself.

befeste

To make stronger or more solid.

befolkning

(countable, archaic) A people; a tribe or nation; the inhabitants of a region, especially the native inhabitants.

befri

To set free from restraint or danger.

begavelse

Natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill.

begavet

Smart, intelligent, or witty; mentally quick or sharp.

begeistring

Intensity of feeling; excited interest or eagerness.

Begeret

(constellation) A dim spring constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a cup. It lies between the constellations Virgo and Hydra.

begrave

To ritualistically inter in a grave or tomb.

begravelse

A ceremony to honor and remember a deceased person, often distinguished from a memorial service by the presence of the body of the deceased.

begrense

(transitive) To restrict (someone or something) to a particular scope or area; to keep in or within certain bounds. [from 17th c.]

begrenset

Limited within bounds.

begripelig

Comprehensible by the mind; understandable.

begynne

(ergative) To start, to initiate or take the first step into something.

begynnelse

The creation or beginning of something; the establishment.

behå

An item of clothing, usually underwear worn to support the breasts. [from 1920s]

behage

(ambitransitive) To make happy or satisfy; to give pleasure to.

behagelig

Pleasant to the senses or the mind; pleasing, satisfying, palatable.

behendig

Having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs; apt or ready to move.

behengt

Having hanging additions or appendages.

beherske

(transitive) To become the master of; to subject to one's will, control, or authority; to conquer; to overpower; to subdue.

behersket

(of a person) Not showing emotion; calm and in control of oneself.

beholde

(ditransitive) To maintain the condition of; to preserve in a certain state.

beholder

An item in which objects, materials or data can be stored or transported.

behov

(countable, and, uncountable) A requirement for something; something needed.

bein

In humans, the lower limb extending from the groin to the ankle.

beingrind

A human body or the structure thereof; the size, shape, sturdiness etc. of a person's body as described in a certain way; one's build.

Beirut

The capital and largest city of Lebanon.

beita

Any substance, especially food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, trap, or net.

beite

(ambitransitive) To feed on; to eat (growing herbage); to eat grass from (a pasture)

bek

A dark, extremely viscous material still remaining after distilling crude oil and tar.

bekjempe

(transitive) To try to overpower; to fiercely counteract.

bekjempelse

The act of abating, or the state of being abated; a lessening, diminution, or reduction; a moderation; removal or putting an end to; the suppression. [First attested from 1340 to 1470.]

bekk

A body of running water smaller than a river; a small stream.

bekken

(anatomy) The large compound bone structure at the base of the spine that supports the legs in hominids.

beklage

To feel sorry about (a thing that has or has not happened), afterthink: to wish that a thing had not happened, that something else had happened instead.

bekvem

Providing physical comfort and ease; agreeable. [from 18th c.]

bekymring

That which affects one’s welfare or happiness. A matter of interest to someone.

bekymringsløs

Without cares or worries; free of concern or worries; without difficulty.

bekymringsrynker

(transitive) To form wrinkles in the forehead, as a sign of concentration, concern, surprise, etc.

belaste

To assign a duty or responsibility to; to order.

belastning

A cause of worry; that which is grievous, wearisome, or oppressive.

belegg

(linguistics, of a language, word, word form, or word meaning) An appearance in print or otherwise recorded on a permanent medium.

beleire

To besiege; to surround with troops.

beleiring

(military) A prolonged military assault or a blockade of a city or fortress with the intent of conquering by force or attrition.

belg

(botany) A seed case for legumes (e.g. peas, beans, peppers); a seedpod.

Belgia

A country in Western Europe that has borders with the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and France. Official name: Kingdom of Belgium. Capital and largest city: Brussels.

belgisk

Of, from, or pertaining to Belgium or the Belgian people.

Belize

An English-speaking country in Central America, formerly called British Honduras.

belønning

Something of value given in return for an act.

belyst

Having light; bright; clear; not dark or obscure.

bemyndige

(transitive) To grant (someone) the permission or power necessary to do (something); to permit; to sanction or consent to.

ben

In humans, the lower limb extending from the groin to the ankle.

bend

(by extension) Any turn or bend like that of the elbow, in a wall, building, coastline, etc.; an angular or jointed part of any structure, such as the raised arm of a chair or sofa, or a short pipe fitting, turning at an angle or bent.

bendelorm

(countable) Any parasitical worm of the class or infraclass Cestoda, which infests the intestines of animals, including humans, often infecting different host species during their life cycle.

Bendik

(countable) A en given name, particularly of the sixth-century founder of the Benedictine order, and of several popes.

benektelse

An assertion of untruth.

Benelux

An economic and customs union made up of Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.

benevning

That which designates; a distinguishing mark or name; distinctive title; appellation.

bengali

A language spoken in Bangladesh and the states of Assam, Tripura and West Bengal, India.

Benghazi

A port city in eastern Libya.