nåe

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse nár (“corpse; a dead person”), from Proto-Germanic *nawiz (“corpse”), from Proto-Indo-European *neh₂wis (“corpse”), from *neh₂w- (“death; corpse”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnoːə/

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• Rhymes: -oːə
• Hyphenation: nå‧e

Noun

nåe m (definite singular nåen, indefinite plural nåer, definite plural nåene)

1. (chiefly dialectal) a corpse (a dead human body)

   Synonyms: dødning, lik

   • 1924, Arnulf Øverland, Brød og vin, page 49:

     den bleke nåe

     the pale corpse

References

• “nåe” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “nåe” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Anagrams

• åen

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse nár, from Proto-Germanic *nawiz, from Proto-Indo-European *neh₂wis (“corpse”).

Noun

nåe m (definite singular nåen, indefinite plural nåar, definite plural nåane)

1. corpse

References

• “nåe” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.