gjetar

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• gjætar (bracket form)
• gjeter (Bokmål)

Noun

gjetar m (definite singular gjetaren, indefinite plural gjetarar, definite plural gjetarane)

1. someone who tends animals like sheep or goats; a shepherd or goatherd

   Heile sommaren gjekk han på fjellet og var gjetar.

   During the entire summer, he travelled in the mountains being a shepherd.

Synonyms

• hyrding
• hjuring

Related terms

• beitemark
• gjete
• lege (resting place for mountain livestock)
• seter (the same as støl)