kjerr – Norwegian Bokmål noun declension

Noun: kjerr
Gender: Neuter Hyphenation:

Indefinite

Sg.	kjerr
Pl.	kjerr

Definite

Sg.	kjerret
Pl.	kjerra; kjerrene

Sample Sentences

[hesten ville idelig] gjøre afstikkere ind mellem kjærrene for at afrive sig en mundfuld løv ([the horse would constantly] make detours in between the scrubs to tear off a mouthful of foliage) [1858, Nicolai Ramm Østgaard, Fra Skov og Fjeld, page 119:]
jeg ledte i hvert kjær (I searched in every scrub) [1907, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnsons fortællinger, page 29:]
[bringebærene] blir plukket i kjerret bak stabburet ([the raspberries] are picked in the scrub behind the storage house) [1989, Herbjørg Wassmo, Dinas bok, page 52:]

Nouns inflected like kjerr

kretsløp, kroppsvev, sexliv, samråd, samvær, samløp, sesongkort, cappella-kor, solbær, sjøfly, sjøliv, betongrør, passasjertog, passasjerfly, skritt, skjerf, skjegg, skjold, fenakjøtt, selvmord, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)

Etymology

From Old Norse kjarr (“copsewood, brushwood, thicket”), from Proto-Germanic *kerzą, *kerzuz (“scrub, bushes”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵers- (“to turn, bend, twist”). See: Old Norse Nouns 'kjarr'.

Verbs referencing "kjerr"

Swedish Nouns kärr.