kjerring

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse kerling, from karl.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /çærɪŋ/
Rhymes: -ɪŋ

Noun

kjerring f or m (definite singular kjerringa or kjerringen, indefinite plural kjerringer, definite plural kjerringene)

Derived terms

References

“kjerring” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Dialects

Etymology

From Old Norse kerling, from karl, whence also kar and kall (karl).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [²çɛ̝r.rɪŋ], [²çær.rɪŋ], [²c͡çɛ̝r.rɪŋɡ], [²c͡çær.rɪŋɡ]
Rhymes: -ɪŋ, -ɪŋɡ
Hyphenation: kjer‧ring

Noun

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

The meaning of shrew or hag is newer and generally unused outside urban parts of central Eastern Norway.

Declension

Declension of kjerring (strong ō-stem, ar-plural)

feminine	singular		plural
feminine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	kjerring	kjerringa	kjerringar	kjerringane
compound-genitive	―	―	―	―

Synonyms

(woman): kvinne, kjelle, kone, dros, kvende, kvinnfolk, seggje, snot
(wife): kone, frue, husfrøye

Derived terms

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

“kjerring” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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