Noun: korg
Gender: Masculine, Feminine
Hyphenation:
Definite
| Sg. | korga; korgen |
| Pl. | korgene |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like korg
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
1. Inherited through Norwegian dialects from Old Norse korf, 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.
2. Compare Norwegian Nynorsk korg, Swedish korg, Icelandic korf, Faroese kurv, Dutch korf and German Korb (“basket”). See: Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns '
korg', Swedish Nouns '
korg', Dutch Nouns '
korf', German Nouns '
Korb'.
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