by – Norwegian Bokmål noun declension

Noun: by
Gender: Masculine Hyphenation:

Indefinite

Sg.	by
Pl.	byer

Definite

Sg.	byen
Pl.	byene

Sample Sentences

Nouns inflected like by

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

Inherited from Danish by, from Old Norse býr (“place (to camp or settle), settlement”), derived from búa, whence bo. See: Danish Nouns 'by', Danish Nouns 'by', Old Norse Nouns 'býr'.

Verbs referencing "by"

English Nouns bid, Swedish Nouns by.

Translations