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Essential Norwegian Adjectives You Should Know

Lalo Team·Updated April 17, 2026·3 min read

The most common Norwegian adjectives ranked by frequency. Describe people, places, and things with confidence.

99 adjectives found

WordTranslation
mangemany
helewhole, entire
andreother, second
storbig, large, great
sistelast, latest
annenother, another
gammelold
viktigimportant
egenown
rettright, correct; dish
norskNorwegian
nestenext
enesteonly, sole
ungyoung
penpretty, nice
klarready, clear
stillequiet
åpenopen
raskfast, quick
vanskeligdifficult
bragood, well
nærnear, close
bestbest
litelittle, small
vondtpainful, sore
dårligbad, poor
sintangry
ferdigfinished, done
gladhappy
hyggelignice, pleasant
sterkstrong
syksick
friskhealthy
trøtttired
sultenhungry
tørstthirsty
varmwarm / hot
kaldcold
tørrdry
våtwet
tungheavy
lettlight / easy
bredwide
smalnarrow
dypdeep
renclean
skittendirty
myksoft
hardhard
rikrich
fattigpoor
tryggsafe
farligdangerous
muligpossible
umuligimpossible
liksimilar / equal
forskjelligdifferent
rødred
blåblue
grønngreen
gulyellow
svartblack
hvitwhite
grågrey
brunbrown
oransjeorange (color)
lillapurple, violet
rosapink
beigebeige
nynew
litensmall, little
langlong; tall
kortshort
høyhigh, tall; loud
lavlow
tykkthick, fat
tynnthin
svakweak
smartsmart, clever
dumstupid, dumb
snillkind, nice
slembad, naughty, mean
morsomfunny, fun
kjedeligboring
interessantinteresting
nødvendignecessary
vanlignormal, common, usual
spesiellspecial
enkeleasy, simple
rentclean
tristsad
reddscared, afraid
roligcalm, quiet
travelbusy
ledigfree, available; vacant
lukketclosed
riktigcorrect, right
feilwrong, incorrect
sikkersure, safe, certain

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