Norwegian/Appendix 1

Appendix A: Advanced Noun Inflections

Unfortunately, there is not just one way to inflect a noun per gender. Each gender has several patterns, not to mention that there are plenty of irregular nouns as well.

Explanations of the left column in the inflection tables of the genders

1, 2, ...	These indicate the different versions of inflection, like for instance where m1, gutter - ends with r, while m2, lærere - ends with re.
b, c, ...	This means it is just a variant of the same version, like for instance where m1, en gutt - has a double consonant at the end, while m1b, en dam - has a single consonant at the end. (However, the rest of the inflection pattern is equal, so it is a variant)
*	This sign indicates a special case, such as (en) januar - (a) January. if it were represented with an article it would be en, but it is very seldom used.
<	This sign indicates that the indefinite plural of a noun is the same as the indefinite singular (except for the article)

Feminine Specific Inflection Patterns

There are three feminine inflection patterns.

f1 ei myr myra myrer myrene a bog ei krone krona kroner kronene a crown f1< ei mus musa mus musene a mouse f2 ei lever levra levrer levrene a liver

Masculine Specific Inflection Patterns

There are seven masculine inflection patterns.

m* (en) januar m1 en gutt gutten gutter guttene a boy en hare haren harer harene a hare m1b en dam dammen dammer dammene a pond m1< en sko skoen sko skoene a shoe m2 en lærer læreren lærere lærerne a teacher m3 en onkel onkelen onkler onklene an uncle en vinter vinteren vintre vintrene a winter m3< en meter meteren meter metrene a metre

Neuter Specific Inflection Patterns

There are eleven neuter inflection patterns

n* (et) styrbord n1 et hus huset hus husa/husene a house n1b et rom rommet rom romma/rommene a room n2 et eple eplet epler eplene an apple et salt saltet salter saltene a salt n2b et program programmet program(mer) programmene a program(me) n2c et kontor kontoret kontor(er) kontorene an office et album albumet album(er) albumene an album n3 et middel middelet midler midlene a remedy et fengsel fengslet fengsler fengslene a prison n3b et lager lageret lagre lagrene a storage et -meter -meteret -metre -metrene a -metre n3c et pulver pulveret pulver pulverne a powder n4 et kriterium kriteriet kriterier kriteriene a criterion et museum museet museer museene a museum n4b et faktum faktumet fakta faktaene a fact

Irregular Nouns

ei/en and anda/anden ender endene a duck ei/en bok boka/boken bøker bøkene a book en bonde bonden bønder bøndene a farmer en bror broren brødre brødrene a brother ei/en datter dattera/datteren døtre døtrene a daughter en fan fanen fans fansen a fan en far faren fedre fedrene a father ei/en glo gloa/gloen glør glørne an ember ei/en gås gåsa/gåsen gjess gjessene a goose ei/en hånd hånda/hånden hender hendene a hand et -kle -kleet -klær -klærne a -cloth ei/en klo kloa/kloen klør klørne a claw et kne kneet knær knærne a knee ei/en kraft krafta/kraften krefter kreftene a force ei/en ku kua/kuen kuer kuene a cow en mann mannen menn mennene a man en modus modusen modi modiene a mode ei/en mor mora/moren mødre mødrene a mother ei/en natt natta/natten netter nettene a night ei/en not nota/noten nøter nøtene a seine et plenum plenumet plena plenummene a plenary ei/en rand randa/randen render rendene an edge ei/en rot rota/roten røtter røttene a root ei/en rå råa/råen rær rærne a yard ei/en skåk skåka/skåken skjæker skjækene a shaft en slan slanen slener slenene ???? en -stad -staden -steder -stedene no english equivalent en stand standen stender stendene a (social) class ei/en stang stangen stenger stengene a rod en stimulus stimulusen stimuli stimuliene a stimulus ei/en strand stranda/stranden strender strendene a beach ei/en søster søstera/søsteren søstre søstrene a sister ei/en tang tanga/tangen tenger tengene a pair of tongs ei/en tann tanna/tannen tenner tennene a tooth et tre treet trær trærne a tree ei/en tå tåa/tåen tær tærne a toe ei/en tåg tåga/tågen tæger tægene a slender root et våpen våpenet våpen våpnene a weapon et øye øyet øyne øynene an eye