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Top 100 Norwegian Words Every Beginner Should Know

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

The most frequent 100 words in Norwegian cover a huge portion of everyday conversation. Learning these first gives you the biggest return on your study time.

#WordTranslation
1ogand
2iin, at
3detit, that
4eris, am, are
5somwho, which, that, as
6ena, an, one (masculine)
7on, at, in
8forfor, because
9avof, by, from
10medwith
11harhave, has
12tilto, for, until
13denit, that, the (masculine/feminine)
14atthat
15ikkenot
16varwas, were
17dethey, the (plural)
18hanhe, him
19jegI
20eta, an (neuter)
21omabout, if, around
22menbut
23viwe
24segoneself, himself, herself, themselves
25kancan, may
26dathen, when
27hunshe, her
28skulleshould, would, was going to
29elleror
30herhere
31vilwill, want to
32duyou (singular)
33frafrom
34dettethis (neuter)
35blebecame, was (passive)
36so, then, saw
37haddehad
38derthere
39mangemany
40megme
41ogsåalso, too
42noesomething, anything
43nårwhen
44villewanted, would
45blibecome, stay, be
46dennethis (masculine/feminine)
47etterafter, according to
48hamhim
49alleall, everyone, everybody
50hvawhat
51kunnecould, was able to
52utout
53overover, above, across
54sinhis, her, its, their (reflexive)
55sasaid
56noensome, someone, any
57væreto be
58oppup
59demthem
60selvself, even
61innin, into
62nonow (dialectal/informal)
63hanshis
64hvorwhere, how
65fikkgot, received
66sinehis, her, its, their (reflexive, plural)
67bareonly, just
68motagainst, towards
69totwo
70vedby, at, near
71ossus
72helewhole, entire
73andreother, second
74henneher
75to go, to walk
76komcame, come
77ennthan
78neddown
79to get, to receive; few
80sito say, to tell
81now
82gjøreto do, to make
83tidtime
84heltcompletely, entirely
85åryear
86mittmy, mine (neuter)
87storbig, large, great
88toktook
89igjenagain, left
90underunder, during
91dagday
92gikkwent, walked
93tilbakeback
94minmy, mine (masculine/feminine)
95mannman, husband
96utenwithout
97mellombetween
98kommeto come
99måttehad to, must
100alteverything, all

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