norgesvenn – Norwegian Bokmål noun declension

Norwegian Bokmål noun forms of norgesvenn

Noun: norgesvenn
Gender: Masculine Hyphenation:

Indefinite

Sg.norgesvenn
Pl.norgesvenner

Definite

Sg.norgesvennen
Pl.norgesvennene

Sample Sentences

  • han er en norgesvenn (he is a friend of Norway)
  • en Norges Ven (a friend of Norway) [1896 June 23, Aftenposten:]
  • en trofast Norgesven (a faithful friend of Norway) [1906 January 20, Aftenposten:]
  • Mr. Markham, … gammel Norgesvenn fra decennier tilbake, både som beundrer av vårt land og som interessent i vår hvalfangst og oljeproduksjon (Mr. Markham, ... an old friend of Norway from decades ago, both as an admirer of our country and as an interested party in our whaling and oil production) [1928 November 16, Aftenposten, page 1:]
  • keiseren [av Tyskland] var en stor norgesvenn, og han besøkte Norge mange somre (the emperor [of Germany] was a great friend of Norway, and he visited Norway many summers) [1997, Margit Harsson, Kongevegen over Krokskogen:]
  • norgesvenn og fluefisker Horst Tappert … tolket rollen som politiinspektør Stefan Derrick (friend of Norway and fly fisherman Horst Tappert … interpreted the role of police inspector Stefan Derrick) [2006, Elisabeth Botterli et al., Løsningen på Madonna-gåten:]
  • lusekofta er tegnet på at du er … Norgesvenn (the lusekofte is a sign that you are … friend of Norway) [2008 June 4, Dagbladet^([dagbladet.no]):]
  • med «My Kind Of Town, Lilyhammer» … lar Bruce Springsteen en enda større norgesvenn [Steven Van Zandt] åpne gårsdagens konsert (with "My Kind Of Town, Lilyhammer" ... Bruce Springsteen lets an even bigger friend of Norway [Steven Van Zandt] open yesterday's concert) [2013 April 30, Dagbladet^([dagbladet.no]):]
  • Smokie, Bonnie Tyler og Derrick har gjort stempelet som norgesvenn litt … slitt (Smokie, Bonnie Tyler and Derrick have made the stamp as a friend of Norway a bit ... worn) [2016 July 16, Tønsbergs Blad^([tb.no]):]

Nouns inflected like norgesvenn

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

Norge + -s- + venn, first part from Old Norse Norðvegr, from both norðr (“north”), from Proto-Germanic *nurþrą (“north, northern”), from *nurþraz (“north, northern”), from Pre-Germanic *h₁nŕ̥t(e)ros, from Proto-Indo-European *nér (“under (the surface)”) + vegr (“way, road”), from Proto-Germanic *wegaz (“way, path”), from Pre-Germanic *weǵʰ-o-s, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- (“to bring, transport”). Last part from Old Norse vinr (“friend”), from Proto-Norse ᚹᛁᚾᛁᛉ (winiʀ, “friend”), from Proto-Germanic *winiz (“loved one, friend”), from Pre-Germanic *wenh₁-i-s, from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to love”). See: Old Norse Nouns 'Norðvegr', Old Norse Nouns 'vinr'.

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