Noun: ansikt
Gender: Neuter
Hyphenation:
Indefinite
| Sg. | ansikt |
| Pl. | ansikt; ansikter |
Definite
| Sg. | ansiktet |
| Pl. | ansikta; ansiktene |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like ansikt
antiklimaks,
symbol,
system,
sekret,
mikrosekund,
sovjet,
sirkus,
signal,
skjørt,
godhetstyranni,
karbohydrat,
vendepunkt,
stekebrett,
gatemarked,
skafferi,
kjernekraftverk,
subkontinent,
butikkvindu,
pergament,
abonnement, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. Inherited from Danish ansigt, from Middle Low German ansicht. By surface analysis, an- + sikt, literally “on-sight”. Displaced native Norwegian Bokmål andlet (“face”).
2. Compare Swedish ansikte, and further German Ansicht (“view”) and Angesicht (“face”). See: Danish Nouns '
ansigt', Danish Nouns '
ansigt', Swedish Nouns '
ansikte', German Nouns '
Ansicht'.
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