a-moll – Norwegian Bokmål noun declension

Noun: a-moll
Gender: Masculine Hyphenation:

Indefinite

Sg.	a-moll
Pl.	a-moller

Definite

Sg.	a-mollen
Pl.	a-mollene

Sample Sentences

nordmenn utenfor Norges grenser får tårer i øynene når de hører a-moll av Grieg (Norwegians outside Norway's borders get tears in their eyes when they hear A minor by Grieg) [1957, Axel Jensen, Ikaros, page 84:]

Nouns inflected like a-moll

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

a- + moll, first part is the first letter of the Norwegian alphabet. Last part from German Moll (“minor”), from Medieval Latin molle, of Latin mollis (“soft”), from earlier *molduis, from Proto-Italic *moldus, from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥dus (“soft, weak”), from Proto-Indo-European *mel- (“soft, weak, tender”). See: German Nouns 'Moll', Latin Nouns 'mollis'.