abbor – Norwegian Bokmål noun declension

Norwegian Bokmål noun forms of abbor

Noun: abbor
Gender: Masculine Hyphenation:

Indefinite

Sg.abbor
Pl.abborer

Definite

Sg.abboren
Pl.abborene

Sample Sentences

  • jeg har aldri fått annet enn abbor da jeg har vært på fisketur (I have never caught anything but perch when I have been on a fishing trip)
  • det [var] ikke sjeldent å få nøgda av øbbør og gjedde på fisketurene (it [was] not uncommon to get enough of perch and pike on fishing trips) [1949, Østlendingen:]
  • enda [biter] åboren villig i mange sjøer og tjern (yet [bites] the perch willingly in many lakes and ponds) [1968, Glåmdalen:]
  • det skal være bra med harr og røye. Men jeg har aldri fått annet enn abbor (grayling and char should be good. But I have never had anything but perch) [1976, Torfinn Haukås, Svindlere, page 24:]
  • det hendte at vi en mørk kveld greide å fange en ørret eller helst en abbor i noen av hølene under brua (it happened that one dark night we managed to catch a trout or preferably a perch in some of the ponds under the bridge) [2008, Karsten Alnæs, Bakenfor alle farger:]

Nouns inflected like abbor

tjuendedag, billettautomat, bestevenn, synops, syklon, syklus, abiturient, forsnevring, kroppsdel, snøbre, lekeplass, sesjon, sesong, septim, sefard, seilas, sektor, sement, sensor, sensur, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)

Etymology

Common nordic root, compare Old Danish aghborre (“perch”) and Old Swedish aghborre / aborre (“perch”), the beginning of the word probably comes from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp, pointed”) + the end of the word comes from Proto-Germanic *burzô. Cognate with Danish aborre (“perch”), Norwegian Nynorsk åbor, Swedish abborre (“perch”), Elfdalian abuorr (“perch”), as well as cognate with German Barsch (“perch”) and English barse. See: Danish Nouns 'aborre', Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns 'åbor', Swedish Nouns 'abborre', German Nouns 'Barsch', English Nouns 'barse'.

Verbs referencing "abbor"

Swedish Nouns abborre, Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns åbor.

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