buss – Norwegian Bokmål noun declension

Noun: buss
Gender: Masculine Hyphenation:

Indefinite

Sg.	buss
Pl.	busser

Definite

Sg.	bussen
Pl.	bussene

Sample Sentences

Tar du buss til skolen? (Do you get to school by bus? (literally: "do you take bus to the school?"))
I'd rather cry in a Mercedes than on the bus, to put it that way. [Jeg gråter heller i en Mercedes enn på bussen, for å si det sånn. (Anne-Kat. Hærland)]

Nouns inflected like buss

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

Either a direct shortening of Latin omnibus (“for all”), dative plural of omnis (“all”), or from English bus, itself a shortening of the Latin word. See: Latin Nouns 'omnibus', English Nouns 'bus'.