Basic Norwegian words for beginners

– Essential words to know –

Learn the essentials of Norwegian easily with this vocabulary list that contains all the most basic words used in Norwegian, with their english translations. If you’re a beginner, it will come in handy to review or learn Norwegian by yourself before traveling, or if you want to enrich and improve your Norwegian vocabulary to better express yourself in writing and speaking!

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ENGLISH	NORWEGIAN
Please	Vær så snill
Thank you!	Takk skal du ha!
Sorry!	Unnskyld!
What?	Hva?
Who?	WHO?
When?	Når?
Why?	Hvorfor?
Which?	Hvilken?
How?	Hvordan?
Where ?	Hvor ?
How much ?	Hvor mye ?
Yes	Ja
No	Nei
Maybe	Kan være
Of course	Selvfølgelig
something	noe
nothing	ingenting
somebody	noen
nobody	ingen
before	før
after	etter
far	langt
near	nær
here	her
there	der
today	i dag
tomoorow	i morgen
now	nå
man	Mann
woman	kvinne
friend	venn
more	mer
less	mindre
always	bestandig
later	seinere
never	aldri
same	samme
different	forskjellig
small	liten
large	stor
difficult	vanskelig
easy	lett
hot	varmt
cold	kald
yesterday	i går
after	etter
beautiful	vakker
broken	gått i stykker
free	gratis
a pharmacy	et apotek
money	penger
a bag	en pose
a lighter	en lighter
a cigarette	en sigarett
a bottle	en flaske
soap	såpe
clean	ren
dirty	skitten
a trash can	en søppelbøtte
a trash bag	en søppelpose
the silence	stillheten
a tool	et verktøy
pregnant	gravid
sick	syk
a baby	en baby
a little bit	en liten bit
a doctor	en lege
a dentist	en tannlege
a medicine	en medisin
a book	ei bok
a story	en historie
a phone	en telefon
a computer	en datamaskin
a car	en bil
a plane	et fly
the name	navnet
the adress	adressen
the age	alderen
the nationality	nasjonaliteten
a choice	et valg
an answer	et svar
the key	nøkkelen
the light	lyset
the television	TV
the bed	sengen
the house	huset
the shower	dusjen
the window	vinduet
the door	døren
the table	Bordet
tired	trett
water	vann
open	åpen
closed	lukket
clothes	klær
coffee	kaffe
tea	te
lunch	lunsj
dinner	middag
a fruit	en frukt
a vegetable	en grønnsak
a beverage	en drikke
a child	et barn
rain	regn
the entrance	inngangen
the exit	utgangen
music	musikk
a smile	Et smil
the world	verden
the sky	himmelen
a river	en elv
the sea	sjøen
the mountain	fjellet
the lake	innsjøen
the island	Øyen
the beach	stranda

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