øra

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ora"

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• ørene

Noun

øra m or n

1. definite neuter plural of øre (etymology 1)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse œra. Factitive of ør (“dizzy”).

Alternative forms

• øre (e- and split infinitives)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²øː.rɑ/

Verb

øra (present tense ører, past tense ørte, past participle ørt, passive infinitive ørast, present participle ørande, imperative ør)

1. to be(come) dizzy

Related terms

• ørast

Etymology 2

From Old Norse eyra (“ear”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²øː.rɑ/

Noun

øra n (plural øra)

1. (anatomy) ear; (pre-2012) alternative form of øyra

Noun

øra n

1. definite plural of øre (non-standard since 2012)

Etymology 3

Related to aur. See also øyr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²øː.rɑ/

Verb

øra (present tense ører, past tense ørte or ørde, supine and past participle ørt or ørd)

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of øyre

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈøː.rɑ/

Noun

øra f

1. definite singular of ør (non-standard since 2012)

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²øː.rɑ/

Noun

øra n

1. neuter definite plural of øre

References

• “øra” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse eyra, from Proto-Germanic *ausô.

Noun

ø̄ra n

1. ear

Declension

Declension of ø̄ra (an-stem)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ø̄ra	ø̄rat	ø̄run ø̄ron	ø̄runin ø̄ronen
accusative	ø̄ra	ø̄rat	ø̄run ø̄ron	ø̄runin ø̄ronen
dative	ø̄ra	ø̄rano	ø̄rum ø̄rom	ø̄rumin ø̄romen
genitive	ø̄ra	ø̄rans	ø̄rna	ø̄rnanna

Descendants

• Swedish: öra, ör (dialectal)