gjest

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /jest/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse gestr, from Proto-Germanic *gastiz. Cognates include Danish gæst and Swedish gäst.

Noun

gjest m (definite singular gjesten, indefinite plural gjester, definite plural gjestene)

  1. a guest
Derived terms

Verb

gjest

  1. imperative of gjeste

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse gestr, from Proto-Germanic *gastiz. Cognates include Danish gæst and Swedish gäst.

Noun

gjest m (definite singular gjesten, indefinite plural gjester or gjestar, definite plural gjestene or gjestane)

  1. a guest

Inflection
Historical inflection of gjest
indefinite singular definite singular indefinite plural definite plural
Aasen1 Gjest Gjesten Gjester Gjesterne
1901 gjester (gjestir) gjesterne (gjestine)
1917 gjester gjestene2
1938 gjester [gjestar] gjestene [gjestane]
2012 (current) gjest gjesten gjestar, gjester gjestane, gjestene

Forms in italics are currently considered non-standard. Forms in [brackets] were official, but considered second-tier. Forms in (parentheses) were allowed under Midlandsnormalen. 1Nouns were capitalised for most of the 19th century. 2Form already allowed for schoolchildren as of 1910.

Derived terms

Male given names:

  • Gjest
  • Gjeste (also a variant of Geirstein)
  • Godgjest (-ò-)
  • Heimgjest
  • Hergjest
  • Legjest
  • Nidgjest
  • Nornagjest
  • Torgjest
  • Ulvgjest
  • Vegjest
  • Vergjest

Female given names:

  • Gjestfrid
  • Gjestheid
  • Gjestny
  • Gjestrun

References
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