kjerring
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse kerling, from karl.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /çærɪŋ/
- Rhymes: -ɪŋ
Noun
kjerring f or m (definite singular kjerringa or kjerringen, indefinite plural kjerringer, definite plural kjerringene)
Derived terms
References
- “kjerring” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Norse kerling, from karl, whence also kar and kall (karl).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [²çɛ̝r.rɪŋ], [²çær.rɪŋ], [²c͡çɛ̝r.rɪŋɡ], [²c͡çær.rɪŋɡ]
- Rhymes: -ɪŋ, -ɪŋɡ
- Hyphenation: kjer‧ring
Noun
kjerring f (definite singular kjerringa, indefinite plural kjerringar, definite plural kjerringane)
- woman
- kjerringa med staven ― the woman with the staff
- wife
- old woman
- (derogatory) an unmanly man
- (derogatory, chiefly urban Eastern Norwegian) shrew, hag
Usage notes
The meaning of shrew or hag is newer and generally unused outside urban parts of central Eastern Norway.
Declension
| feminine | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative-accusative | kjerring | kjerringa | kjerringar | kjerringane |
| compound-genitive | ― | ― | ― | ― |
Synonyms
Derived terms
- huskjerring
- håkjerring
- kaffikjerring (“woman that drinks a lot of coffee”)
- -kjerring (“woman, female”)
- kjerringemne (“wife material”)
- kjerringråd (“(house)wife tricks/secrets”)
- kjerringsnakk (“woman talk”)
- korgekjerring, korgkjerring
- møykjerring
- runekjerring
- snøkjerring (“snow woman”)
- som jolekvelden på kjerringa
- spåkjerring
- tauskjerring (“old unmarried woman”)
- torgkjerring (“female merchant”)
- trollkjerring (“witch”, literally “troll woman”)
- tuftekjerring
- tvåttekjerring
- vevarkjerring, vevkjerring (“weaveress, spider”)
References
- “kjerring” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.