kjerring
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse kerling, from karl.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kjerring f or m (definite singular kjerringa or kjerringen, indefinite plural kjerringer, definite plural kjerringene)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “kjerring” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse kerling, from karl, whence also kar and kall (karl).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): [²çɛ̝r.rɪŋ], [²çær.rɪŋ], [²c͡çɛ̝r.rɪŋɡ], [²c͡çær.rɪŋɡ]
- Rhymes: -ɪŋ, -ɪŋɡ
- Hyphenation: kjer‧ring
Noun edit
kjerring f (definite singular kjerringa, indefinite plural kjerringar, definite plural kjerringane)
- woman
- kjerringa med staven ― the woman with the staff
- wife
- old woman
- (derogatory) an unmanly man
- (derogatory, chiefly urban Eastern Norwegian) shrew, hag
Usage notes edit
The meaning of shrew or hag is newer and generally unused outside urban parts of central Eastern Norway.
Declension edit
Declension of kjerring (strong ō-stem, ar-plural)
| feminine | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative-accusative | kjerring | kjerringa | kjerringar | kjerringane |
| compound-genitive | ― | ― | ― | ― |
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
- huskjerring
- håkjerring
- -kjerring (“woman, female”)
- kaffikjerring (“woman that drinks a lot of coffee”)
- kjerringemne (“wife material”)
- kjerringråd (“(house)wife tricks/secrets”)
- kjerringsnakk (“woman talk”)
- korgekjerring, korgkjerring
- møykjerring
- runekjerring
- snøkjerring (“snow woman”)
- spåkjerring
- tauskjerring (“old unmarried woman”)
- torgkjerring (“female merchant”)
- trollkjerring (“witch”, literally “troll woman”)
- tuftekjerring
- tvåttekjerring
- vevarkjerring, vevkjerring (“weaveress, spider”)
References edit
- “kjerring” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.