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Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Norse gestr, from Proto-Germanic *gastiz. Cognates include Danish gæst and Swedish gäst.
Noun
gjest m (definite singular gjesten, indefinite plural gjester, definite plural gjestene)
- a guest
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
gjest
- imperative of gjeste
References
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse gestr, from Proto-Germanic *gastiz. Cognates include Danish gæst and Swedish gäst.
Noun
gjest m (definite singular gjesten, indefinite plural gjester or gjestar, definite plural gjestene or gjestane)
- a guest
Inflection
Historical inflection of gjest
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singular
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plural
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| indefinite
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definite
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indefinite
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definite
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| Aasen1
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Gjest
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Gjesten
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Gjester
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Gjesterne
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| 1901
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gjester (gjestir)
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gjesterne (gjestine)
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| 1917
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gjester
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gjestene2
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| 1938
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gjester
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gjestene
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| 2012 (current)
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gjest
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gjesten
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gjestar, gjester
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gjestane, gjestene
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- Forms in italics are currently considered non-standard.
- Forms in were official, but considered second-tier.
- Forms in (parentheses) were allowed under Midlandsnormalen.
- 1Nouns were capitalised for most of the 19th century. 2Form already allowed for schoolchildren as of 1910.
Derived terms
Male given names:
Female given names:
References