kurv – Norwegian Bokmål noun declension

Norwegian Bokmål noun forms of kurv

Noun: kurv
Gender: Masculine, Feminine Hyphenation:

Indefinite

Sg.kurv
Pl.kurver

Definite

Sg.kurva; kurven
Pl.kurvene

Sample Sentences

  • eneste hane i kurven (the only man among several women)
  • et bybud, der bærer en julegran og en kurv (a deliveryman carrying a Christmas tree and a basket) [1879, Henrik Ibsen, Et dukkehjem, page 7:]
  • selgerne er kommet … med kurvene fulle av broderier, smykker og annet håndverk (the sellers have arrived … with their baskets full of embroidery, jewellery and other handicrafts) [2006, Torbjørn Færøvik, Buddhas barn:]
  • Moses er guttebarnet som … blir satt ut på Nilen i en tjærebredd kurv av sivstrå (Moses is the baby boy who … is set adrift on the Nile in a pitch-coated reed basket) [2010, Torgrim Eggen, Jern:]
  • få kurven (to be rejected, especially romantically)
  • gi noen kurven (to reject someone, especially a suitor or romantic partner)
  • Hun gav ham kurven. (She rejected him.)
  • De skal visst aldrig høre mig benægte, at der i verden findes kurv og ring (You will surely never hear me deny that both rejection and marriage exist in the world.) [1873, Henrik Ibsen, Kærlighedens komedie, page 97:]
  • Bærene koster 40 kroner kurven. (The berries cost 40 kroner per basket.)
  • da den brave [luftskipper] skulde se sig om, saa stod allerede en fremmed herre i kurven (when the brave [aeronaut] turned to look around, a strange gentleman was already standing in the basket) [1908, Kristian F. Biller, “Den stjaalne Ballon”, in Lys og Skygge, number 10, page 30:]

Etymology

1. Borrowed from Danish kurv, from Old Danish korw, itself borrowed from Middle Low German korf, from Old Saxon *korf, from Proto-West Germanic *korb. The further origin is uncertain; a traditional connection with Latin corbis (“basket”) is disputed. The basketball sense is a semantic loan from English basket.
2. Compare Norwegian Nynorsk korg, Faroese kurv, Icelandic korf, Swedish korg, Dutch korf and German Korb (“basket”), as well as English corf (“basket used in mining”). See: Danish Nouns 'kurv', Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns 'korg', Swedish Nouns 'korg', Dutch Nouns 'korf', German Nouns 'Korb', English Nouns 'corf'.

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