ør
See also: Appendix:Variations of "or"
Danish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Sense 1 from Old Norse aurr, from Proto-Germanic *auraz (“wet sand or earth, mud”). Sense 2 from Old Norse eyrr, related to aurr.
Noun edit
ør c (singular definite øren, plural indefinite ører)
Declension edit
Declension of ør
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Norse ǿrr, from Proto-Germanic *wōrijaz, probably cognate with English weary.
Adjective edit
ør (neuter ørt, plural and definite singular attributive øre)
Inflection edit
| Inflection of ør | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
| Indefinte common singular | ør | — | —2 |
| Indefinite neuter singular | ørt | — | —2 |
| Plural | øre | — | —2 |
| Definite attributive1 | øre | — | — |
| 1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively. | |||
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Adjective edit
ør (neuter ørt, definite singular and plural øre, comparative ørare, indefinite superlative ørast, definite superlative øraste)
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
ør
- imperative of øre
Etymology 3 edit
From Old Norse eyrr, from Proto-Germanic *aurī.
Noun edit
ør f (definite singular øra, indefinite plural ørar or ører, definite plural ørane or ørene)
Etymology 4 edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronoun edit
ør
- (obsolete, dialectal, Lofoten, Helgeland) objective case of i
- 1853, Ivar Aasen, Prøver af Landsmaalet i Norge (overall work in Danish), Christiania: Carl C. Werner & Co., page 2:
- men æg undras paa, at i sku kjenn' mæg; æg trur aller, at æg kjenne ør; æg tyks aller ha sett ør før.
- Though I wonder how you would know me. I don't think I know you. I don't think I've ever seen you before.
References edit
- “ør” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
- Ivar Aasen (1850) chapter I, in Ordbog over det norske Folkesprog[1] (in Danish), Oslo: Samlaget, published 2000