Norwegian DuoLingo Vocab - list of verbs Flashcards
å vite (vet / veit, visste, visst)
to know (knew, known)
å hete (het / hette, hett)
to be called
å bo
to live (reside)
å snakke
to speak (spoke, spoken)
å spise
to eat (ate, eaten)
å drikke (drakk, drukket)
to drink (drank, drunk)
å lese
to read (read, read)
å se (så, sett)
to see (saw, seen)
å se på
to look at / to watch
å se opp for
to watch out / to look out for (see also å passe på for)
å se ut
to look (appearance)
å like
to like
å kjøpe
to buy (bought, bought) / to shop
å elske
to love
å trenge (2)
to need
å lage (1)
to make (made, made)
å vise
to show
å høre
to hear (heard, heard)
å skrive (skrev, skrevet)
to write (wrote, written) / to type
å arbeide (1)
to work
å leke
to play (like kids play, using the imagination, and so on)
å sove (sov, sovet)
to sleep (slept, slept)
å vaske
to wash
å lære
to learn (learnt, learnt) / to teach (taught, taught)
å kjøre
to drive (drove, driven)
å selge (solgte, solgt)
to sell (sold, sold)
å vente på
to wait for
å velge (valgte, valgt)
to choose (chose, chosen)
å bestille (2)
to order, to book, to reserve
å nå
to reach
å si (sier, sa, sagt)
to say (said, said)
å bety (betød)
to mean (meant, meant) (to signify)
å lytte til
to listen to
å tro på
to believe in
å kalle (2)
to call (all meanings, but when calling on a phone, å ringe is used)
å ringe (2)
to call (contact using a phone)
å eie (åtte, ått) (1a)
to own
å tilhøre or å høre til
to belong to
å bruke
to use / to spend (spent, spent)
å smake
to taste (transitive and intransitive)
å betale
to pay (paid, paid)
å servere
to serve (a food or a drink)
å dra (dro, dratt)
to go (places around town), to leave (left, left) (a place one is in)
å dra
to drag
å svømme (2)
to swim (swam, swum)
å hoppe
to jump, to leap (leapt, leapt), to hop
å fly (fløy, fløyet / flydd)
to fly (flew, flown)
å løpe (løp, løpt / løpet)
to run (ran, run)
å leve
to live (be alive)
å henge (hang, hengt)
to hang (hung, hung) (to be suspended)
å henge (hengte, hengt)
to hang (hung, hung) (to suspend)
å lete etter
to look for
å koste
to cost
å spille (2)
to play (all the other meanings, compare with å leke)
å vinne (vant, vunnet)
to win (won, won)
å tape
to lose (lost, lost) (to not win a competition)
å synge (sang, sunget)
to sing (sang, sung)
å tegne
to draw (drew, drawn)
å hvile
to rest
å finne (fant, funnet)
to find (found, found)
å kysse (2)
to kiss
å leie
to rent
å leie
to hold hands with someone
å åpne
to open
å regne (2)
to rain
å beklage (1)
to apologise
å dø (døde, dødd)
to die
å lukte
to smell (transitive and intransitive)
å takke
to thank
å huske
to remember
å le (lo, ledd)
to laugh
å smile
to smile
å savne
to miss (to feel the absence of)
å føle (seg)
to feel (felt, felt)
å gråte (gråt, grått)
to cry
å hate (1)
to hate
å danse
to dance
å prøve
to try
å fortsette
to continue
å studere
to study
å møte
to meet (met, met)
å jobbe
to work (synonym with å arbeide)
å klemme (2)
to hug
å redde
to rescue, to save
å virke som
to seem like
å tenke på (2)
to think about, of (thought, thought)
å hjelpe (hjalp, hjulpet)
to help
å støtte
to support
å bli enig med
to agree with (disagree is ‘bli uenig’)
å kjenne (2)
to know (a person or a place)
å dele
to share / to divide (something into smaller parts)
å svare
to answer (på is added before et spørsmål or spørsmålet)
å forstå
to understand
å spørre om (spør, spurte, spurt)
to ask about
å ha rett
to be right, to be correct
å ta feil
to be wrong, to be incorrect
å stille (2)
(this word is like ‘to set’, it has many meanings, many shared)
å stille et spørsmål (2)
to ask a question (å stille is used instead of å spørre before et spørsmål or spørsmålet, to avoid redundancy)
å finnes (finnes/fins, fantes/fans, funnes)
to exist (synonym with ‘det er’ if preceded by ‘det’)
å skje
to happen
å forsøke
to attempt
å ønske (seg)(2)
to wish (for)
å stole på
to trust
å følge (fulgte, fulgt)
to follow
å begynne (2)
to begin (began, begun)
å slutte
to stop (to stop doing a verb)
å kle på (seg)
to dress (up) (transitive and intransitive)
å fryse (frøs, frosset)
to be cold (to be freezing), to freeze (froze, frozen)
å bære (bar, båret)
to carry, to bear (bore, borne or born)
å mene
to mean (meant, meant) (to intend something in a particular way)
å love (1)(2)
to promise
å stemme (2)
to be correct / to vote
å foretrekke (foretrakk, foretrukket)
to prefer
å bekymre seg om
to worry about
å passe
to fit (fit, fit)
å passe
to suit, to work for, to be right for
å passe på
to look after, to take care of
å passe på at
to make sure that
å passe på for
to look out for, to watch out for (it isn’t used as an exclamation, that is ‘se opp!’)
å pleie
to have the custom to, to tend to (‘used to’, when in the past)
å miste
to lose (to not have something anymore)
å endre
to change (to become or make different)
å bomme på
to miss (to not hit, catch, etc)
å bestemme (2)
to determine
å bestemme seg (2)
to decide
å stenge (2)
to shut (shut, shut) / to close a store temporarily (such as for the night)
å slappe av
to relax
å bite (bet, bitt)
to bite (bit, bitten)
å lukke
to close
å forlate (forlot, forlatt)
to abandon (to leave someone or a place)
å avbryte (avbrøt, avbrutt)
to interrupt / to cancel (often seen on computers and phones)
å sende (2)
to send (sent, sent) / to pass (something) / to ship
å fylle (2)
to fill
å stryke (strøk, strøket)
to iron
å låse
to lock
å låse opp
to unlock
å støvsuge (1)
to vacuum clean
å rydde
to tidy up
å drømme (2)
to dream (dreamt, dreamt)
å snorke
to snore
å føne (1)
to blow-dry (hair) (blew-dried, blown-dried)
å børste
to brush
å pusse
to brush
å dusje
to shower, to take a shower
å barbere
to shave
å bade (1)
to bathe
å tørke
to dry / to wipe
å mate (1)
to feed (fed, fed)
å dyrke
to grow a plant or a crop, to cultivate
å klare
to manage, to be able to do, can do
å inneholde
to contain
å be (ba, bedt)
to pray
å be om
to ask for (this is the ‘to ask’ used when asking for something)
å be [someone] på [something]
to invite [someone] for [something]
å stanse
to stop (å slutte’s meaning + to not move any farther, and to prevent)
å knuse
to smash / to crush / to shatter
å blande
to blend, to mix
å glemme (2)
to forget
å håpe (1)
to hope
å gjelde (for) (gjaldt, gjeldt)
to pertain, to apply to, to concern, to regard (related to to yield)
å skjære (skar, skåret)
to cut (cut, cut)
å tilbringe (tilbrakte, tilbrakt)
to spend (time)
å orke
to have the energy
å anta
to assume (to suppose something is true)
å behøve
to need (synonym with å trenge)
å slippe (slapp, sluppet)
to drop
å slippe (ut)
to let out, to release
å slippe
to not have to (‘jeg må vaske opp, men broren min slipper’)
å handle
to act (to take action)
å handle om
to be about (example: denne boken handler om planeter)
å handle med
to trade with (‘to have business with’, not ‘to swap something with something else’)
å fortelle (fortalte, fortalt)
to tell (told, told)
å overraske
to surprise
å stige (steg, steget)
to rise (rose, risen)
å vokse (2)
to grow (grew, grown)
å møtes (møtes, møttes, møttes)
to meet (used when the verb isn’t followed by an object)
det føles (føles, føltes, føltes)
it feels (used when the ‘it’ is the pronoun)
å synes (synes/syns, syntes, syntes)
to think (to have an opinion about something)
å ses (ses, sås, settes)
to be seen (example: de kan bare ses om natten)
å sees (sees, såes, settes)
(orthographic variation of å ses, it means the same)
å lykkes (lykkes, lyktes, lyktes)
to succeed
å mislykkes
to fail (not a transitive verb)
å svikte
to fail [someone or something] (transitive)
å trives (trives/trivs, trivdes, trivdes)
to be enjoying oneself, to be having a good time (cognate with to thrive)
å respektere
to respect
å fungere
to work (as in to function)
å reparere
to repair
å fikse
to fix
å presentere
to present / to introduce someone
å passere
to pass by, to pass (someone or something while in motion)
å forberede seg på
to prepare for
å oppføre seg
to behave
å skynde seg (1a)(2)
to hurry (up), to rush
å komme an på
to depend on (situation might change depending on situation)
å avhenge av (avhang, avhengt)
to depend on (synonym)
å gå glipp av
to miss out
å være i ferd med [infinitive verb]
to be about to [infinitive verb]
å gifte seg
to get married
å skrive under
to sign at the end of terms or papers
å minne [noen] på (2)
to remind [someone] (about) (to tell someone there is something they should do)
å minne [noen] om (2)
to remind [someone] about, of (to make someone remember or think of someone or something)
å hente
to get something back, to retrieve / to pick up someone
å telle (1a)(2)(talte, talt)
to count (amounts)
å jukse
to cheat (to behave dishonestly to gain something)
å ødelegge
to destroy
å misforstå
to misunderstand
å påstå
to claim (to state you think sth is true)
å snø
to snow
å ligne på
to look like, to resemble
å dukke opp
to appear, to show up (å dukke means to duck. Similarly to å låse opp, it has the reverse meaning with the particle opp)
å forklare
to explain
å skjønne (2)
to understand (to know the reason for something, or how something works)
å fortjene
to deserve
å gjenta
to repeat
å stave (1)
to spell (spelt, spelt)
å feilstave
to misspell
å falle (falt, falt)
to fall (fell, fallen)
å ordne seg
to work out, to be okay
å glede seg til (1)(3)
to look forwards to
å forbedre
to improve
å forandre
to change (synonym with å endre)
skulle ønske (2)
to wish (for something one could have got in the past, but didn’t)
å flytte
to move (like in English, it can also mean to move to a new place)
å vurdere
to consider (to think carefully)
å treffe (traff, truffet)
it’s a synonym of both å møte (to meet) and å slå (to hit)
å oversette
to translate
å undervise
to teach, to instruct
å la (lot, latt)
to let (let, let)
å havne
to end up, to wind up (wound up, wound up)
å bry seg om (brød)
to care about (someone or something)
å tilgi
to forgive
å skremme (2)
to scare
å fornærme
to insult
å angre
to regret / to undo (computer)
å brekke (brakk, brukket)
to break (broke, broken) (the physical ‘to break’)
å bryte (brøt, brutt)
to break
å kaste
to throw, to toss (threw, thrown)
å riste
to shake (shook, shaken)
å riste på
to shake (a part of one’s body)
å nøle
to hesitate
å krangle
to argue
å motstå
to resist
å reagere
to react
å påvirke
to influence
å spre (spredte, spredt)
to spread (spread, spread)
å låne til
to lend (lent, lent)
å låne av
to borrow
å bytte
to swap, to switch
å starte
to start
å vekke
to wake (up) (woke, woken) (someone else, not oneself)
å rulle
to roll / to scroll
å gjette
to guess
å bygge (1a)(3)
to build (built, built)
å tømme (2)
to empty
å stjele (stjal, stjålet)
to steal (stole, stolen)
å stoppe
to stop (all å slutte and å stanse meanings + to make or to stop functioning)
å advare
to warn
å kjenne igjen, å gjenkjenne (2)
to recognise (know sb or sth because you have seen, heard, known…)
å dytte
to push
å forbli
to remain, to stay (to continue to be in a particular state or condition)
å oppleve
to experience
å flørte
to flirt
å anbefale
to recommend
å gjemme (2)
to hide (hid, hidden) (to put something somewhere where it cannot be seen)
å gjemme seg for
to hide from (to hide from someone)
å tvinge (tvang, tvunget)
to force
å utsette
to delay (to start something later than planned) (compare with å forsinke)
å krydre
to season / to spice up (to make something more interesting)
å rane (1)
to rob
å bli påkjørt
to be run over (this verb is in the passive voice)
å skade (1)(3)
to hurt (hurt, hurt), to injure, to damage
å fjerne
to remove
å motta
to receive
å erstatte
to replace
å behandle
to treat
å sammenligne
to compare
å foreslå
to suggest
å illustrere
to illustrate
å lyve (løy, løyet)
to lie (to tell untruths)
å lyge (løy, løyet)
(alternative of å lyve)
å oppfinne / finne opp / finne på
to invent
å ombestemme (seg) (2)
to change someone’s mind, seg is used if it’s reflexive
å tåle
to tolerate, to put up with
å late som (lot, latt)
to pretend
å våkne (opp)
to wake (up) (woke, woken) (to wake oneself up, intransitive)
å snu (seg)
to turn (transitive, or intransitive with seg)
å skifte
(common verb) synonym of å bytte, also less often, of å endre and å forandre as well
å innføre
to bring in, to introduce a concept
å tillate (tillot, tillatt)
to allow
å unngå
to avoid / to dodge
å forvente
to expect
å vare i
to last (for)
å godta
to accept
å sjekke
to check
å bevege seg (1)
to move (oneself)
å spare
to save up (for later)
å dekke (2)
to cover
å distrahere
to distract
å gjøre ferdig
to finish
å senke
to reduce / to sink (sank, sunk) (something else, it’s a transitive verb)
å senke farten av, på
to slow down (to reduce the speed of)
å mangle
to lack
å kritisere
to criticise
å nekte
to refuse / to deny
å bli avhørt
to be interrogated (this verb is in the passive voice)
å oppnå
to achieve, to attain
å bli født
to be born (this verb is in the passive voice)
å invitere
to invite
å flyte (fløt, flytt)
to float (on water, not in the air), to flow
å avgjøre
to decide (synonym with å bestemme seg)
å utelukke
to exclude, to rule out
å forvirre
to confuse
å grave (grov)
to dig (dug, dug)
å kartlegge
to map
å klatre
to climb
å stikke (stakk, stukket)
to sting (stung, stung) / to stick (stuck, stuck) / to stab / to poke
å jage (1) (jog)
to chase
å jakte på
to hunt
å forsinke
to delay (to cause something or someone to be late or slow) (compare with å utsette)
å forby (forbød, forbudt)
to ban, to forbid, to prohibit
å bake
to bake
å involvere
to involve
å begrense
to limit, to restrict
å trekke (trakk, trukket)
to pull, to draw (as in to pull)
å vanne
to water
å plante
to plant
å så
to sow (optional v3: sown), to seed
å plukke
to pick (a flower, fruit, vegetable, etc), to pluck
å øke (1a)
to increase
å tørre (tør, turte / torde, tort / turt)
to dare (the next verb’s å is optional)
å adoptere
to adopt (all meanings)
å sovne
to fall asleep (compare with å sove)
å ta vare på
to take care of
å lure på
to wonder
å lure
to trick, to fool
å innse
to realise
å misbruke
to abuse
å diskutere
to discuss / to debate
å oppdage (1)
to discover
å begrave (1a) (begrov)
to bury
å lide (led/lei, lidd/lidt)
to suffer
å sørge (3)
to mourn
å våge (1)
to dare (synonym with å tørre)
å ende (2)
to end
å ende opp
to end up (synonym with å havne, it’s like in English)
å avslutte
to finish (more formal than å gjøre ferdig)
å bringe (brakte, brakt)
to bring (brought, brought) (to make sth come to a place (compare with å ta med, they are not the same))
å brenne (brente, brent)
to burn (burnt, burnt) (to set fire to)
å brenne (brant, brent)
to burn (burnt, burnt) (to be on fire)
å forsvare
to defend
å fatte
to fathom, to comprehend, to understand
å levere
to deliver
å planlegge
to plan
å samarbeide (3)
to cooperate, to collaborate
å bekrefte
to confirm
å gi [noen] beskjed
to let [somoene] know (beskjed roughly translates to message)
å fylle ut (2)
to fill out (a form, for example)
å høres (ut) (høres, hørtes, høres)
to sound
å foregå
to be taking place
å abonnere
to subscribe
å bidra
to contribute
å rope
to shout
å lyse opp
to brighten up (figurative or literal)
å etablere
to establish
å observere
to observe
å utforske
to explore
å kreve (1a)
to require
å spionere på
to spy on (all contexts)
å avvise
to reject (general use)
å skjule
to hide (to put sth somewhere where it can’t be seen / to keep information or feelings secret)
å legge merke til
to notice
å merke at
to notice (that)
å overvåke (1)
to watch, to monitor
å fange
to catch (caught, caught) / to capture / to trap
å grunnlegge
to found
å dømme (2)
to judge (all contexts)
å krympe
to shrink (shrank, shrunk)
å koke
to boil
å steke
to fry / to roast
å smelte
to melt
å parkere
to park
å kose seg med (1)
to snuggle, to cuddle with
å kose seg (1)
to have a good time (intransitive verb)
å trøste
to comfort, to console
å forlove seg (1)
to get engaged
å lengte etter
to long for, to yearn for
å slå opp
to break up
å overnatte
to spend the night
å skille (2)
to separate
å seile (2)
to sail
å segle
(variation of å seile)
å fiske
to fish
å drukne
to drown
å synke (sank, sunket)
to sink (sank, sunk) (intransitive, the subject of the sentence sinks)
å omkomme
to perish (to die in an accident, such as a sinking ship)
å overleve
to survive
å nyte (nøt, nytt)
to enjoy
å skuffe
to disappoint
å kopiere
to copy
å klippe (2)
to cut (with scissors)
å resirkulere
to recycle
å omdirigere
to redirect
å berike (1)
to enrich
å nikke
to nod
å trå (trådte or tro, trådt)
to step (whilst å tråkke på is to step on something, å trå is to take a step)
å omfavne
to embrace
å skumlese
to skim (to read quickly)
å bære nag
to hold/bear a grudge
å bevare
to preserve
å konservere
to conserve
å være (er, var, vært)
to be (am/are/is, was, been)
å ha (hadde, hatt)
to have (had, had)
å bli (ble, blitt)
to get (to become) (got, got/gotten) / to stay
å gjøre (gjør, gjorde, gjort)
to do (did, done)
å ta (tok, tatt)
to take (took, taken)
å stå (sto / stod, stått)
to be standing (stood, stood)
å komme (kom, kommet)
to come (came, come) / to arrive / to get to [location]
å ligge (lå, ligget)
to be lying (position)
å gå (gikk, gått)
to go (went, gone) / to walk
å legge (la, lagt)
to put something into or with a ‘horizontal’ appearance (put, put), to lay (laid, laid)
å sette (satte, satt)
to put something into or with a ‘vertical’ appearance (put, put), to set (set, set)
å sitte (satt, sittet)
to be sitting, to be sat
å gi (ga / gav, gitt)
to give (gave, given)
å få (fikk, fått)
to get (to obtain)
å slå (slo, slått)
to hit (hit, hit), to punch, to slap (literal and figurative) / to beat (beat, beaten/beat) (to best someone at something)
å holde (holdt, holdt)
to hold (held, held), to keep (kept, kept)
bør
should, ought to
burde
should, ought to
burde ha
should have
ha burdet
should have
må
must, have to, need to
måtte
had to, needed to
måtte ha
had to have, needed to have
ha måttet
have had to, have needed to
å være nødt til
to have to, to need to, to be obliged to
vil
want to
vil ha
will have
ville
wanted to / would
ville ha
would have
ha villet
have wanted to
å ha lyst til [å verb]
to want [infinitive verb]
å ha lyst på en [noun]
to want a [noun]
skal
shall / will
skal ha
shall have / will have
skulle
was supposed to / was going to / would
skulle ha
were supposed to have / would have
ha skullet
were supposed to have / would have
å komme til å
to be going to
kan
can, is able to
kunne
could, was able to
kunne ha
could have
ha kunnet
have been able to
å være i stand til
to be able to
får
may
fikk
got to, were allowed to
ha fått
have got or gotten to, have been allowed to
å være glad i
to love (it’s less intense than å elske), to care for
å legge seg
to go to bed
å stå opp
to get up (from bed)
å ta av seg
to take off something one is wearing
å ta på seg
to put something on
å reise seg (2)
to stand up (to move from lying, sitting, kneeling, etc)
å ta med
to bring (to have sth or sb with you when you come)
å ta på
to touch (a bit more informal than å berøre)
å legge igjen [noun]
to leave (to forget to bring something with you)
å legge [noun] fra seg
to leave (to put sth in a place and go away from it)
å legge bort
to put away
levende
living, alive
sittende
seated, sitting
liggende
lying (position)
forvirrende
confusing
svømmende
swimming
overraskende
surprising, surprisingly
døende
dying
løpende
running, ongoing
sovende
sleeping
nåværende
current
kommende
coming
underholdende
entertaining
flytende
fluent, fluently / fluid
lignende
similar
snakkende
talking
avgjørende
decisive, critical, crucial
gjenværende
remaining
imponerende
impressive
givende
rewarding
passende
appropriate, suitable
spennende
exciting
utelukkende
exclusively, only (a PP mostly used as an adverb)
deprimerende
depressing
