If you're trying to learn Norwegian Feminine you will find some useful resources including a course about genders: Feminine and Masculine... to help you with your Norwegian grammar. Try to concentrate on the lesson and notice the pattern that occurs each time the word changes its place. Also don't forget to check the rest of our other lessons listed on Learn Norwegian. Enjoy the rest of the lesson!
Learning the Norwegian Feminine displayed below is vital to the language. Norwegian feminine refers to female qualities attributed specifically to women and girls or things considered feminine. The complement to feminine is masculine. Here are some examples:
| English Feminine | Norwegian Feminine |
|---|---|
| Feminine | Feminin |
| he is happy | han er glad |
| she is happy | hun er lykkelig |
| he is American | Han er amerikansk |
| she is American | Hun er amerikansk |
| man | mann |
| woman | kvinne |
| father | far |
| mother | mor |
| brother | bror |
| sister | søster |
| uncle | onkel |
| aunt | tante |
| bull | okse |
| cow | ku |
| boy | gutt |
| girl | jente |
Notice the structure of the Feminine in Norwegian.
Below is a list of objects, can you determine whether they're feminine, masculine or plural in Norwegian? Memorizing this table will also help you add very useful and important words to your Norwegian vocabulary.
| English Vocabulary | Norwegian Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| objects | objekter |
| bathroom | bad |
| bed | seng |
| bedroom | soverommet |
| ceiling | tak |
| chair | stol |
| clothes | Klær |
| coat | frakk |
| cup | kopp |
| desk | skrivepult |
| dress | kjole |
| floor | gulv |
| fork | gaffel |
| furniture | møbler |
| glass | glass |
| hat | hatt |
| house | hus |
| ink | blekk |
| jacket | jakke |
| kitchen | kjøkken |
| knife | kniv |
| lamp | lampe |
| letter | brev |
| map | kart |
| newspaper | avis |
| notebook | bærbar datamaskin |
| pants | bukser |
| paper | papir |
| pen | penn |
| pencil | blyant |
| pharmacy | apotek |
| picture | bilde |
| plate | tallerken |
| refrigerator | kjøleskap |
| restaurant | Restaurant |
| roof | tak |
| room | rom |
| rug | teppe |
| scissors | saks |
| shampoo | sjampo |
| shirt | skjorte |
| shoes | sko |
| soap | såpe |
| socks | sokker |
| spoon | skje |
| table | bord |
| toilet | toalett |
| toothbrush | tannbørste |
| toothpaste | tannkrem |
| towel | håndkle |
| umbrella | paraply |
| underwear | undertøy |
| wall | vegg |
| wallet | lommebok |
| window | vindu |
| telephone | telefon |
Feminine and Masculine have a very important role in Norwegian. Once you're done with Norwegian Feminine, you might want to check the rest of our Norwegian lessons here: Learn Norwegian. Don't forget to bookmark this page.
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