{"id":2407,"date":"2017-11-30T18:50:44","date_gmt":"2017-11-30T18:50:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/?p=2407"},"modified":"2017-11-30T18:50:44","modified_gmt":"2017-11-30T18:50:44","slug":"norwegian-homonyms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/norwegian-homonyms\/","title":{"rendered":"Norwegian Homonyms"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2411\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2411\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2411\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/11\/790px-Rothirsch_male-350x265.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/11\/790px-Rothirsch_male-350x265.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/11\/790px-Rothirsch_male-768x582.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/11\/790px-Rothirsch_male.jpg 790w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2411\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(No copyright. From <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Rothirsch_male.JPG\">Wikimedia Commons<\/a>.)<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">Good Knight! What would puns be without <i>homonyms<\/i> \u2013 words that have quite different meanings, but sound the same? <b>Hjort [\u2248 gjort] er hjort [gjort] sa elgen og hoppet i elven og ble rein.<\/b> (Deer [\u2248 done] is deer [done], the elk said, jumped into the river and became clean\/a reindeer.) Here\u2019s a list of some <b>norske homonym<\/b>. You never know when you\u2019ll knead them \u2013 into a silly <b>vits<\/b> (joke)\u2026<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\"><b>sk\u00e5l<\/b> (bowl) \u2013 <b>sk\u00e5l!<\/b> (cheers!)<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><b>ku <\/b>(cow) \u2013 <b>q<\/b> (the letter Q)<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><b>sett<\/b> (seen) \u2013 <b>z<\/b><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><b>eks<\/b> (ex) \u2013 <b>x<\/b><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><b>hjul<\/b> (wheel) \u2013 <b>jul<\/b> (X-mas)<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><b>full <\/b>(full)<b> \u2013 full <\/b>(drunk)<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/sj-vs-kj\/\"><b>tj\u00e6re <\/b><\/a>(tar) \u2013 <span class=\"s1\"><b>kj\u00e6re<\/b><\/span><b> venn! <\/b>(dear friend!)<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><b>scene <\/b>(stage) \u2013 <b>sene<\/b> (sinew) \u2013 <b>dere er <\/b><span class=\"s1\"><b>sene<\/b><\/span> (you\u2019re <span class=\"s1\">late<\/span>)<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><b>hjerne <\/b>(brain) \u2013 <b>det vil jeg <\/b><span class=\"s1\"><b>gjerne<\/b><\/span><b>!<\/b> (I would love to!)<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><b>tre<\/b> (three) \u2013 <b>tre<\/b> (tree)<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><b>fire <\/b>(four) \u2013 <b>\u00e5 fire<\/b> (to lower)<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><b>seks<\/b> (six) \u2013 <b>sex<\/b><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><b>v\u00e5r<\/b> (our) \u2013 <b>v\u00e5r<\/b> (spring [season])<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><b>fj\u00e6r<\/b> (feather) \u2013 <b>fj\u00e6r<\/b> (spring [the metal thing that makes Jack jump out of a jack-in-the-box])<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><b>b\u00e6r <\/b>(carry!) \u2013 <b>b\u00e6r<\/b> (berry)<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><b>bryter<\/b> (wrestler) \u2013 <b>bryter<\/b> (electrical switch)<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><b>rute<\/b> (square) \u2013 <b>rute<\/b> (pane) \u2013 <b>rute <\/b>(route)<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><b>bord <\/b>(table) \u2013 <b>bor<\/b> (drill) \u2013 <b>vi <\/b><span class=\"s1\"><b>bor<\/b><\/span><b> i\u2026<\/b> (we live in\u2026)<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><b>fyr<\/b> (guy) \u2013 <b>fyr <\/b>(lighthouse) \u2013 <b>huset tok <\/b><span class=\"s1\"><b>fyr<\/b><\/span> (the house caught <span class=\"s1\">fire<\/span>)<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><b>tilhenger<\/b> (supporter) \u2013 <b>tilhenger<\/b> (trailer)<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><b>sky <\/b>(cloud) \u2013 <b>sky<\/b> (shy) \u2013 <b>sjy <\/b>(gravy)<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><div id=\"attachment_2408\" style=\"width: 181px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2408\" class=\"wp-image-2408 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/11\/256px-Q-Melk_Skummet_melk_1_liter_melkekartong_datomerking_best_f\u00f8r_2017-09_skimmed_milk_Norway_03-171x350.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"171\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/11\/256px-Q-Melk_Skummet_melk_1_liter_melkekartong_datomerking_best_f\u00f8r_2017-09_skimmed_milk_Norway_03-171x350.jpg 171w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/11\/256px-Q-Melk_Skummet_melk_1_liter_melkekartong_datomerking_best_f\u00f8r_2017-09_skimmed_milk_Norway_03.jpg 256w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 171px) 100vw, 171px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2408\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Q Melk. Can you spot the pun? \ud83d\ude42 (By Wolfmann (Own work) [<a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0)\">CC BY-SA 4.0<\/a>, via <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Q-Melk_Skummet_melk_1_liter_melkekartong_datomerking_best_f\u00f8r_2017-09_skimmed_milk_Norway_03.jpg\">Wikimedia Commons<\/a>.)<\/p><\/div><b>ball<\/b> (ball [football, basketball\u2026]) \u2013 <b>ball<\/b> (ball [party])<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><b>\u00e5 vite<\/b> (to know) \u2013 <b>hvite<\/b> (white of egg) \u2013 <b>hvite<\/b> (whites)<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><b>n\u00f8tt <\/b>(nut) \u2013 <b>noen ganger er du <\/b><span class=\"s1\"><b>n\u00f8dt<\/b><\/span><b> \u00e5\u2026 <\/b>(sometimes you have to\u2026)<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><b>m\u00e5l<\/b> (goal) \u2013 <b>m\u00e5l<\/b> (dimensions) \u2013 <b>m\u00e5l<\/b> (language, speech \u2013 especially <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/a-taste-of-nynorsk\/\"><b>nynorsk<\/b><\/a>)<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><b>kart<\/b> (map) \u2013 <b>kart<\/b> (unripe fruit)<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><b>kort<\/b> (card) \u2013 <b>kort<\/b> (short)<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><b>tak<\/b> (roof) \u2013 <b>tak <\/b>(ceiling) \u2013 <b>ta <\/b><span class=\"s1\"><b>tak<\/b><\/span><b>! <\/b>(get a grip!)<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><b>blad <\/b>(leaf) \u2013 <b>blad<\/b> (magazine)<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><b>stamme<\/b> (trunk) \u2013 <b>stamme<\/b> (tribe) \u2013 <b>\u00e5 stamme<\/b> (to stammer) \u2013 <b>\u00e5 stamme fra<\/b> (to originate from)<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><b>regning<\/b> (arithmetic) \u2013 <b>regning<\/b> (bill)<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><b>kran <\/b>(tap, faucet) \u2013 <b>kran <\/b>(crane [for lifting things])<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><b>lama <\/b>(llama) \u2013 <b>lama<\/b> (lama, as in Dalai Lama!)<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><b>dyr <\/b>(animal) \u2013 <b>dyr<\/b> (expensive)<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><b>\u00e5 bli<\/b> (to become) \u2013 <b>blid<\/b> (friendly, joyous)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\">Did I miss your favourites? Feel free to add them in a comment. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"265\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/11\/790px-Rothirsch_male-350x265.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/11\/790px-Rothirsch_male-350x265.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/11\/790px-Rothirsch_male-768x582.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/11\/790px-Rothirsch_male.jpg 790w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Good Knight! What would puns be without homonyms \u2013 words that have quite different meanings, but sound the same? Hjort [\u2248 gjort] er hjort [gjort] sa elgen og hoppet i elven og ble rein. (Deer [\u2248 done] is deer [done], the elk said, jumped into the river and became clean\/a reindeer.) 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