kjerring
Norwegian Bokmål
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
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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative-accusative | kjerring | kjerringa | kjerringar | kjerringane |
| compound-genitive | ― | ― | ― | ― |
Synonyms
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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