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Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse sjór, sjár, sær, from Proto-Germanic *saiwiz.
Noun
sjø m (definite singular sjøen, indefinite plural sjøer, definite plural sjøene, genitive sjøs)
- a sea, ocean
- a lake
- Synonym: innsjø
Synonyms
Derived terms
References
- “sjø” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From Old Norse sjór, sjár, sær, from Proto-Germanic *saiwiz. Akin to English sea.
Pronunciation
Noun
sjø m (definite singular sjøen, indefinite plural sjøar, definite plural sjøane) (genitive form sjøs)
- a sea, ocean
- a lake
- Synonym: innsjø
Synonyms
Derived terms
References
- “sjø” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Etymology 2
Contraction of ser du? (“do you see?”) or skjønner du (“y'know”)
Interjection
sjø
- (dialectal, Trøndelag) Used as a rhetorical question to confirm agreement or understanding at the end of a statement.
- Æ veit ikkj, sjø. ― I don’t know.
- Ho kainn det sjø, men no e ho klar som faen. ― She can it, y'know, but now she is exhausted as hell.
- Det va itj mæ, sjø. ― It wasn't me, y'know.
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