kløning – Norwegian Bokmål noun declension

Noun: kløning
Gender: Masculine, Feminine Hyphenation:

Indefinite

Sg.	kløning
Pl.	kløninger

Definite

Sg.	kløninga; kløningen
Pl.	kløningene

Sample Sentences

Nouns inflected like kløning

nedbryting, nedbrytning, etablering, frokostblanding, sender, avbildning, etterretning, sjølei, betongsag, havstrømning, koldnålsradering, skarphet, villmark, bedring, atomvekt, klimaendring, beiting, kulltegning, bergart, berging, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)

Etymology

kløne + -ing, verbal noun form of kløne (“to scratch, work clumsily”), from the noun klo (“claw, talon; pincer”), from Old Norse kló (“claw, talon”), from Proto-Germanic *klawō (“claw”), from *klawjaną (“to claw; scratch”), from Proto-Indo-European *glew- (“to ball up, clump together; swelling, lump”), from *gel- (“to be cold, to freeze”). Last part from Old Norse -ingr m, -ingi m, -ing f, from Proto-Germanic *-ingō, *-ungō. See: Old Norse Nouns 'kló', Old Norse Nouns '-ingr'.