Words for family members and other relatives in Norwegian (norsk), a North Germanic language spoken mainly in Norway.
Key to abbreviations: m = male, f = female, pt = paternal (father's side), mt = maternal (mother's side).
| norsk (Norwegian) | |
|---|---|
| family | familie |
| parents | foreldre |
| father | far; pappa |
| mother | mamma; mor |
| children | barn |
| son | sønn |
| daughter | datter |
| husband | ektemann |
| wife | kone |
| brother | bror |
| sister | søster |
| uncle | onkel |
| aunt | tante |
| cousin | fetter (m); kusine (f) søskenbarn (pl) |
| nephew | nevø |
| niece | niese |
| grandparents | besteforeldre |
| grandfather | bestefar; farfar (pt); morfar (mt) |
| grandmother | bestemor; farmor (pt); mormor (mt) |
| grandchildren | barnebarn |
| grandson | barnebarn |
| granddaughter | barnebarn |
| father-in-law | svigerfar |
| mother-in-law | svigermor |
| brother-in-law | svoger |
| sister-in-law | svigerinne |
Hear some Norwegian family words:
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Family words in Germanic languages
http://www.ielanguages.com/germanic_family.html
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