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norwegian-english dictionary


a-ha - the three most boring human beings ever ... are norwegians!
     (and playing in the same band!)
alt - everything
anmeldelse - usually something rather unpleasant that can happen in  
     circumstances involving the police,
     but it can also refer to a review of a record or other stuff
av - off
avdeling – department, sector
avvik fra overstående trylleformular er angitt under sangtitler –
     differences to what’s listed above is described under songtitles
banden - the gang (Ryanbanden refers mainly to Olsenbanden, a series of  
     films about a little clumsy gang of petty criminals that was popular when we 
     were kids in the 70s, and, uhrm, to Sonderabteilung Lola, commonly known
     as Rinnanbanden, traitors during WW2 that terrorized and killed)
barnekor – childrens choir
barnestemme – childs voice
blomster – flowers
blå – blue
del – part
det jeg ønsker meg til jul - what I want for Christmas (and that's a catchy
     Christmas tune)
div.art. (diverse artister) – var. art. (various artists)
elskling - dear, sweetheart, darling, baby, lover, sweet, honey
fiolin – fiddle, viola
foto - photo
fløyte – flute
fra – from
førstehåndsinfo – first hand info
gris gris - pig pig
gruppen – group (as in Ltd., Inc., GmbH., etc)
helter – heroes
helvete - hell
hjemmeside – home page
høyre – right (side)
ikke utgitt – not released
innspilt – recorded
juggel - cheapish jewellery
jul - christmas
julenissen - father christmas
kassett – music cassette
kassettkompilasjon – sampler on cassette
kjernekarer – respected (gentle)men, as in ”good old…”
konserter - live gigs
kor – background vocals
lyd – sound
lydmurerne – “soundbrickers” ~ wall of sound makers ~ iron curtain wallish
låt – song, track
låtlaging – songwriting
mener – thinks (opinions, view of things)
min - mine, my
noen – some
nummerert (nr) – numbered (no)
ny – new
og - and
oppdateringer – updates
opplag – edition
orgel –
organ, keyboards
perfekt harmoni - perfect harmony
perk., perkusjon – percussion
plater – records
poeng – points
pupp - tit
på – on
rauschunterdruckungsverfahren
resultater – results
rød – red
røster – voices (here: male choir)
rå - raw
samle-cd – various artist-cd, or collection/best of
sammen for livet ~ together for life; for the sake of life
     (this was also the title of the awful norwegian ”do they know it’s christmastime”/
     live aid-song that traumatized our lives in the mid-80’s)
sang – vocal, or song
skive – record, cd
skrevet av – written by
sier - says
slagverk – drums
snedig – handy
spor – track
stor – large, huge, big
strikk – rubberband
ta
ngenter – keyboards
tekster – lyrics
takk – thanks
tilbake til – back to
trampeorgel – pumporgan (?)
trekkspill – accordion
trommer – drums
tuba - very big instrument to blow into. I gave up at the age of eleven
ubrukt – not used
ukas hjernevask – the weekly brainwash
utgitt – released
uutgitt – not released
vanlig – ordinary
venstre – left (side)
æeleimæ - I'm sorry
ægirfaen - fuck all

 

and many words are just what they seem:
gitar – guitar,
produsert – produced,
and so on.
by now you should be able to speak and read a fluent norwegian, just like that!

 
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