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Learning Guide

Morphology Patterns

Understand how Norwegian words are built from prefixes, roots, and suffixes. Learn the meaning of common word parts and expand your vocabulary.

1656 prefixes|5422 roots|4006 suffixes

Prefixes

Word parts added before the root

-ut195

Old Norse origin, indicates 'out of' or 'of'.

-be-182

Germanic origin, indicates relation or association.

-for177

Old Norse *fyrir* (before, for), indicates advocacy.

-inn163

Old Norse origin, prepositional prefix meaning 'in, into'.

-opp145

Old Norse origin, indicates direction or completion.

-ut-125

Old Norse origin, indicates a process or action 'out of' or 'from'.

-sam98

Old Norse origin, meaning 'together' or 'with'.

-in-86

Latin origin, indicates 'within' or 'relating to'

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Roots

Core meaning-bearing word parts

vis43

Old Norse origin, meaning 'to show, to teach'

dannelse41

Danish/Norwegian origin, meaning 'formation', 'education', or 'development'.

snitt-37

Old Norse origin, meaning 'cut, section, average'.

rustnings31

Derived from 'ruste' (to arm), meaning 'armament'.

stilling30

Germanic origin, meaning 'position, state'.

skning30

Related to 'skanne' (to scan, investigate) - Old Norse origin, not a standalone root in modern Norwegian

skriv30

From Old Norse, meaning 'to write'. Verbal origin.

hånd29

Old Norse origin, meaning 'hand', evolved to 'preliminary'

konkurranse27

From Danish/Norwegian 'konkurrence', ultimately from Latin 'concursus'.

gang27

Old Norse origin, meaning 'walk, passage, way', functions as a noun root

handlings-26

Derived from *handling* (negotiation), *hand* (hand) + *-ing* (verbal noun suffix).

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Suffixes

Word parts added after the root

-else-117

Nominalizing suffix, derived from *å skride*.

-ning-113

Norwegian nominalizing suffix, turning a verb into a noun.

else-91

Old Norse origin, nominalizing suffix indicating an action or process.

-s--86

Genitive/possessive marker, also used to form nouns from verbs.

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