Wiktionary

sjø

See also: sjo, sjó, sjö, and sjö.

Norwegian Bokmål

edit
 
Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Etymology

edit

From Old Norse sjór, sjár, sær, from Proto-Germanic *saiwiz.

Noun

edit

sjø m (definite singular sjøen, indefinite plural sjøer, definite plural sjøene, genitive sjøs)

  1. a sea, ocean
  2. a lake
    Synonym: innsjø

Synonyms

edit

Derived terms

edit

References

edit

Norwegian Nynorsk

edit

Etymology 1

edit

From Old Norse sjór, sjár, sær, from Proto-Germanic *saiwiz. Akin to English sea.

Alternative forms

edit
Dialects

Pronunciation

edit

Noun

edit

sjø m (definite singular sjøen, indefinite plural sjøar, definite plural sjøane) (genitive form sjøs)

  1. a sea, ocean
  2. a lake
    Synonym: innsjø
Synonyms
edit
Derived terms
edit

References

edit

Etymology 2

edit

Contraction of ser du? (“do you see?”) or skjønner du (“y'know”)

Interjection

edit

sjø

  1. (dialectal, Trøndelag) Used as a rhetorical question to confirm agreement or understanding at the end of a statement.
    Æ veit ikkj, sjø. ― I don’t know.
    Ho kainn det sjø, men no e ho klar som faen. ― She can it, y'know, but now she is exhausted as hell.
    Det va itj mæ, sjø. ― It wasn't me, y'know.

See also

edit
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=sjø&oldid=82274986"