Noun: bever
Gender: Masculine
Hyphenation:
Indefinite
| Sg. | bever |
| Pl. | bevere; bevre; bevrer |
Definite
| Sg. | beveren |
| Pl. | beverne; bevrene |
Sample Sentences
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En bever kan veie opptil 40 kg. (A beaver can weigh up to 40 kg.)
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Kåpen er av bever. (The coat is made of beaver fur.)
Nouns inflected like bever
skifer,
glassmester,
gullalder,
karbonfiber,
samferdselsminister,
sjanger,
borgermester,
utenriksminister,
fettoter,
læremester,
adventskalender,
filister,
justisminister,
sabeltanntiger,
tidsalder,
minister,
levealder,
miljøminister,
alder,
feber, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Middle Low German bever (compare with Dutch bever, German Biber and English beaver). The word replaced Old Norse bjórr (compare with Norwegian Nynorsk bjor). See: Dutch Nouns '
bever', German Nouns '
Biber', English Nouns '
beaver', Old Norse Nouns '
bjórr', Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns '
bjor'.
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