avis – Norwegian Bokmål noun declension

Norwegian Bokmål noun forms of avis

Noun: avis
Gender: Masculine, Feminine Hyphenation:

Indefinite

Sg.avis
Pl.aviser

Definite

Sg.avisa; avisen
Pl.avisene

Sample Sentences

  • ikke et ord i avisen (keep something secret)
  • du mener nok ikke, vi holder aviser (you probably do not mean, we keep newspapers) [1874, Henrik Ibsen, Peer Gynt, page 242:]
  • der vil blive skrevet korrespondencer i aviserne i nabobyerne (correspondence will be written in the newspapers of the neighboring towns) [1877, Henrik Ibsen, Samfundets støtter, page 60:]
  • generalen sad … og læste aviserne (the general sat… and read the newspapers) [1890, Henrik Ibsen, Hedda Gabler, page 124:]
  • hun har nemlig havt en historie og har staaet i aviserne nylig (she has had a story and has been in the newspapers recently) [1994, Knut Hamsun, Knut Hamsuns brev I, page 202:]
  • jeg abonnerer på åtte aviserjeg abonnerer på åtte aviser (I subscribe to eight newspapers) [1993, Knut Faldbakken, Ormens år, page 19:]
  • bunker med illegale aviser (piles of illegal newspapers) [1995, Ebba Haslund, I mangel av sverd, page 181:]
  • hun hadde gått for å hente avisen (she had gone to get the newspaper) [2001, Lars Saabye Christensen, Halvbroren, page 216:]
  • et gammelt munnheld sier «ikke et ord i avisen» om noe som skal være topphemmelig (an old saying goes "not a word in the newspaper" about something that should be top secret) [1934 September 10, Folkeviljen, page 3:]
  • foreløbig må avisene ikke vite noe om dette. Altså ikke et ord i avisen om at vi følger et nytt spor (for the time being, the newspapers must not know anything about this. In other words, not a word in the newspaper that we are following a new path) [1935 September 17, Folkebladet, page 4:]
  • hun er ansatt i en avis (she is employed by a newspaper)
  • han gikk ned i avisen for å snakke med redaktøren (he went down to the newspaper to talk to the editor)

Etymology

1. From French avis (“opinion, notice; piece of advise”), from Middle French advis (“opinion”), from Old French avis (“opinion”), from the phrase ce m'est a vis ("in my view"), where vis is from Latin vīsum (“vision, image”). Doublet of advis.
2. Cognate with Danish avis, Italian avviso, Middle English avys and English avis. See: French Nouns 'avis', Latin Nouns 'vīsum', Danish Nouns 'avis', Italian Nouns 'avviso', Middle English Nouns 'avys', English Nouns 'avis'.

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