Family in Norwegian
Family words in Norwegian are short and logical: mor and far become mormor and farfar (mother’s mother, father’s father), and søsken covers brothers and sisters together. Many couples live together without marrying — the partner is called samboer. Possessives usually come after the noun: mannen min, barna våre.
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- en familie familyfamilien, familier, familieneFamilien min bor i Bergen. My family lives in Bergen.
- ei mor mothermora, mødre, mødreneMoren min er lærer. My mother is a teacher.
- en far fatherfaren, fedre, fedreneFaren min heter Petter. My father is called Petter.
- foreldre parentsForeldrene mine bor i Ukraina. My parents live in Ukraine.
- et barn childbarnet, barn, barneneDe har tre barn. They have three children.
- en sønn sonsønnen, sønner, sønneneSønnen vår er fem år. Our son is five.
- ei datter daughterdattera, døtre, døtreneDatteren min går på skolen. My daughter goes to school.
- en bror brotherbroren, brødre, brødreneBroren min er eldre enn meg. My brother is older than me.
- ei søster sistersøstera, søstre, søstreneSøsteren min studerer i Oslo. My sister studies in Oslo.
- søsken siblingssøskenet, søsken, søskneneHar du søsken? Do you have brothers or sisters?
- en mann husband; manmannen, menn, menneneMannen min jobber i Equinor. My husband works at Equinor.
- ei kone wifekonen, koner, koneneKona hans er sykepleier. His wife is a nurse.
- en samboer partner (living together)samboeren, samboere, samboerneHun bor sammen med samboeren sin. She lives with her partner.
- en kjæreste boyfriend, girlfriendkjæresten, kjærester, kjæresteneHar du kjæreste? Do you have a boyfriend/girlfriend?
- en bestefar grandfatherbestefaren, bestefedre, bestefedreneBestefar forteller gode historier. Grandpa tells good stories.
- ei bestemor grandmotherbestemoren, bestemødre, bestemødreneBestemor baker de beste kakene. Grandma bakes the best cakes.
- et barnebarn grandchildbarnebarnet, barnebarn, barnebarneneDe har fire barnebarn. They have four grandchildren.
- en onkel uncleonkelen, onkler, onkleneOnkelen min bor i Tromsø. My uncle lives in Tromsø.
- ei tante aunttanta, tanter, tanteneTante Kari kommer på besøk. Aunt Kari is coming to visit.
- en fetter (male) cousinfetteren, fettere, fetterneFetteren min er på min alder. My cousin is my age.
- å gifte seg to get marriedDe giftet seg i fjor. They got married last year.
- gift marriedgift, gifteEr du gift? Are you married?
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