Norwegian–English dictionary

trolldom

Magical power; the use of witchcraft or magic arts.

trollmann

(sometimes, derogatory) A spiritualist or practitioner of mystic arts.

trombone

A musical instrument in the brass family, having a cylindrical bore, and usually a sliding tube (but sometimes piston valves, and rarely both). Most often refers to the tenor trombone, which is the most common type of trombone and has a fundamental tone of B♭ˌ (contra B♭).

trommehinne

(anatomy) A thin membrane that separates the outer ear from the middle ear and transmits sound from the air to the malleus.

trommeslager

(musician) One who plays the drums.

trommis

(musician) One who plays the drums.

trompet

(brass instrument) A musical instrument of the brass family, generally tuned to the key of B-flat; by extension, any type of lip-vibrated aerophone, most often valveless and not chromatic.

trompetere

(intransitive) To play the trumpet.

trompetist

Someone who plays the trumpet; a trumpeter.

trosbekjennelse

(specifically, religion) A reading or statement of belief that summarizes the faith it represents; a confession of faith for public use, especially one which is brief and comprehensive.

troskapsed

(countable, archaic) An oath, pledge, plight, or promise.

trossamfunn

(countable, religion) A class, or society of individuals, called by the same name; a subdivision of a religion.

troverdig

Reliable; worthy of trust.

trøbbel

A difficult situation.

trøe

(angling) A type of basic fishing rod.

trøst

A source of comfort or consolation.

truisme

A self-evident or obvious truth.

trumpete

Behaving as a boor; rough in manners.

truserøsk

(slang) A prank in which a person's underpants are pulled up sharply from behind in order to wedge the clothing uncomfortably between the person's buttocks.

trygg

Providing protection from danger; providing shelter.

trygt

In a safe manner; without risk; using caution above all else.

trykke

(transitive) To produce one or more copies of a text or image on a surface, especially by machine.

trykkluftbor

A portable percussive power tool that combines a hammer and chisel used to drill or break hard matter, for instance rock or concrete.

trylleformel

A magical effect or influence induced by an incantation or formula. [from 16th c.]

tryne

The long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast, as of pigs.

tsar

(historical) An emperor of Russia (1547 to 1917) and of some South Slavic states.

Tsjajkovskij

A transliteration of the Russian surname Чайко́вский (Čajkóvskij), usually applying to Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.

tsjeka

(historical) The first of a succession of Soviet state security organizations, created in 1917.

tsjekker

(countable) A person from the Czech Republic (Czechia) or of Czech descent.

tsjekkisk

Of, from, or pertaining to the Czech Republic (Czechia), the Czech people, culture, or language.

Tsjekkoslovakia

A former country in Central Europe, now the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

Tsjernobyl

A partially abandoned city and ghost town in northern Ukraine, known as the site of a nuclear disaster.

Tsjetsjenia

A republic and federal subject of Russia, in the northern Caucasus. Official name: Chechen Republic. Capital: Grozny.

tsjetsjensk

The language of the Chechens, a member of the Nakh family.

tsunami

(proscribed) A large, sudden, and disastrous wave of water caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean; a tsunami. (See Usage notes below.)

tuba

A large brass musical instrument, usually in the bass range, played through a vibration of the lips upon the mouthpiece and fingering of the keys.

tuberkulose

(pathology) An infectious disease of humans and animals caused by a species of mycobacterium, usually Mycobacterium tuberculosis, mainly infecting the lungs where it causes tubercles characterized by the expectoration of mucus and sputum, fever, weight loss, and chest pain, and transmitted through inhalation or ingestion of bacteria. [from 1839]

tuihonningeter

A species of honeyeater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, a bird which is endemic to New Zealand. [from early 19th c.]

tulle

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

tulle bort

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

tullebukk

(derogatory) A foolish or silly person. [from 16th c.]

tullete

(cricket, of a fielding position) Very close to the batsman, facing the bowler; closer than short.

tullprat

(uncountable) Empty or silly idle talk or writing; nonsense, rubbish. [from 1782.]

tundra

A flat and treeless Arctic biome.

tunfisk

Any of several species of fish of the genus Thunnus in the family Scombridae.

tunglynde

Great sadness or depression, especially of a thoughtful or introspective nature.

tungsindig

Despondent; moody; sullen.

tungsinn

Great sadness or depression, especially of a thoughtful or introspective nature.

tungvinn

Difficult to carry, handle, manage or operate because of its size, weight, shape or complexity.

Tunis

Tunis Governorate, one of the 24 governorates of Tunisia, which includes the capital.

Tunisia

The Republic of Tunisia, since 1956.

tunnel

An underground or underwater passage.

tur-retur

(often, figurative, travel) A trip from one destination to another and then returning to the starting location.

turban

(headwear) A man's headdress made by winding a length of cloth round the head.

turbin

Any of various rotary machines that use the kinetic energy of a continuous stream of fluid (a liquid or a gas) to turn a shaft.

turist

Someone who travels for pleasure rather than for business. [from 1770s]

turkis

Having a pale greenish-blue colour.

turn

A sport involving the performance of sequences of movements requiring physical strength, flexibility, and kinesthetic awareness.

turniké

(medicine) A tightly-compressed bandage used to stop bleeding by stopping the flow of blood through a large artery in a limb.

tusen

A numerical value equal to 1,000 = 10 × 100 = 103 (1 E+3 exactly—in scientific E notation.)

tussalus

Any of the terrestrial isopod crustaceans of suborder Oniscidea, which have a rigid, segmented exoskeleton, often being capable of rolling into a ball, and feed only on dead plant matter, usually living in damp, dark places, such as under stones or bark.

tute

(transitive, intransitive) To use a car horn.

tuting

The act of snivelling.

tvang

(legal) Either unlawful violence, as in a "forced entry", or lawful compulsion.

tvangsinnlegge

(UK, Australia, New Zealand) To commit (a person) to a hospital for mental health treatment as an involuntary patient. So called after various sections of legal acts regarding mental health.

tvangsinnlegging

The act of being locked away, such as in an institution for the mentally ill or in jail.

tvekamp

Arranged, regular combat between two private persons, often over a matter of honor.

tverr

Behaving as a boor; rough in manners.

tverrbjelke

A horizontal structural beam that runs perpendicular to the primary support beams; a girder.

tvetydig

Open to multiple interpretations.

tvil

(uncountable, countable) Disbelief or uncertainty (about something); (countable) a particular instance of such disbelief or uncertainty.

tvile

(ambitransitive) To be undecided about; to lack confidence in; to disbelieve, to question.

tvilling

Either of two people (or, less commonly, animals) who shared the same uterus at the same time; one who was born at the same birth as a sibling.

tvilrådig

(of a person) In disbelief; wavering, uncertain, or hesitating in opinion; inclined to doubt; undecided.

tvilsom

(North America, slang) Of questionable or doubtful quality.

tvinge

(transitive) To force, constrain, or coerce.

Ty

(Norse mythology) The Norse god of war, identifiable with Tiu or Tiw.

ty til

(intransitive) To have recourse (to), now especially from necessity or frustration.

tyende

A maid or household servant.

tyfon

(in particular) A weather phenomenon in the northwestern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane except for its geographical region, typically resulting in wind speeds of 64 knots (119 km/h) or above. Equivalent to a cyclone in the Indian Ocean and Indonesia and Australia.

tygge

A piece of food of a size that would be produced by biting; a mouthful.

tygge drøv

(intransitive) To chew cud. (Said of ruminants.) Involves regurgitating partially digested food from the rumen.

tykk

Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its smallest solid dimension.

tynn

Thin, malnourished, and weak.

typografi

The art or practice of setting and arranging type; typesetting.

tyr

Someone with a Taurus star sign.

Tyrkia

A country located in Eastern Thrace in Southeastern Europe and Anatolia in West Asia. Official name: Republic of Türkiye. Capital: Ankara.

tyrkisk

Of, from, or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language.

tysk

Of or relating to the natives or inhabitants of Germany; to people of German descent; to their cultures.

tysker

(countable) A native or inhabitant of Germany; a person of German citizenship or nationality.

Tyskland

A country in Central Europe, formed in 1949 as West Germany, with its provisional capital Bonn until 1990, when it incorporated East Germany. Official name: Federal Republic of Germany. Capital and largest city: Berlin.

tyste

(slang, intransitive) To inform on, especially in betrayal of others.

tyv

One who carries out a theft.

tyve

The cardinal number 20, occurring after nineteen and before twenty-one.

tyveri

The act of stealing property.

tyvgods

(uncountable) Goods which are prohibited from being traded, smuggled goods.

u-

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

uansett

Used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement. See anyhow and at least. [from 19th c.]

uanstendig

Not in keeping with conventional mores or good manners; indecent or immodest.

uavhengig

Not connected or associated.

uavklart

(legal) Expectancy; a condition when an ownership of real property is undetermined; lapse in succession of ownership of estate, or title. [Late 16th century]

uærlighet

(uncountable) The fact or condition of being untruthful; dishonesty.

ubehag

A cause of such discomfort.

ubehagelig

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

ubehjelpelig

Without skill, ineffective, incompetent.

ubehøvlet

Behaving as a boor; rough in manners.

ubekymra

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

ubekymret

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

ubemannet

Not operated by a person or a crew.

uberegnelig

Impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim.

ublu

Exceeding proper limits; excessive or unduly high; extravagant.

ubønnhørlig

Unable to be persuaded; relentless; unrelenting. [from mid 16th c.]

ubrukelig

Without use or possibility to be used.

udødelig

Not susceptible to death; living forever; never dying.

udugelig

Without skill, ineffective, incompetent.

uegnet

Unsuitable to needs or circumstances; inappropriate; inapt.

ueksplodert

Not exploded.

uekte

False, not authentic, not genuine.

uelegant

Not elegant; not exhibiting neatness, refinement, or precision.

uff

Used to express repugnance, disgust, or annoyance.

uff da

An expression in sympathy at another's pain.

uforfalsket

Pure; not mixed or adulterated with anything.

uforferdet

Fearless; bold; brave.

uforskamma

Sexually provocative; now in weakened sense, risqué, cheeky. [from 19th c.]

uforsonlig

Not able to be placated or appeased.

uforståelig

Not intelligible; unable to be understood.

uforutsigbar

Impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim.

uføretrygd

(uncountable, informal) Regular payments received by a disabled person, usually from the state.

Uganda

A country in East Africa. Official name: Republic of Uganda.

ugift

Having no husband or wife.

ugjennomsiktig

Allowing little light to pass through, not translucent or transparent.

ugjennomskinnelig

Allowing little light to pass through, not translucent or transparent.

ugle

Any of various birds of prey of the order Strigiformes, families Strigidae and Tytonidae, that are primarily nocturnal and have forward-looking, binocular vision, limited eye movement, and good hearing. [from 8th c.]

ugress

(countable) Any plant unwanted at the place where and at the time when it is growing.

ugudelig

Of a person: lacking reverence for God; of an action: not in accordance with God's will or religious teachings.

uheldig

Unhappy or unfortunate.

uhørt

Conspicuous, exceptional, outstanding; usually in a negative sense.

uhyrlig

Hateful; shocking.

uhyrlighet

A monstrous person, thing, or act.

uimotsigelig

Not contestable; indisputable; certain.

uinvitert

Not invited.

ukentlig

Happening once a week, or every week.

ukjent

Unfamiliar, not yet part of one's experience.

uklarhet

(figurative) A state of mind characterized by lethargy and confusion.

Ukraina

A country in Eastern Europe, bordering on the north shore of the Black Sea. Capital and largest city: Kyiv.

ukrainsk

Relating to Ukraine or its people or language.

ukultivert

Unrefined, crude.

ulan

(historical) A lancer, a soldier armed with a lance in a former light cavalry unit of the Polish, Prussian or German, Austrian, and Russian armies.

ule

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

ulik

Not like; dissimilar (to); having no resemblance; unalike.