øye – Norwegian Bokmål noun declension

Norwegian Bokmål noun forms of øye

Noun: øye
Gender: Neuter Hyphenation:

Indefinite

Sg.øye
Pl.øyne; øyer

Definite

Sg.øyet
Pl.øynene; øyene; øya

Sample Sentences

  • et blått øye (a black eye)
  • med det blotte øye (with the naked eye)

Nouns inflected like øye

øye,

Etymology

From Danish øje, replaced native aue, from Old Danish øghæ, from Old Norse auga, from Proto-Germanic *augô, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”). Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk auga, auge, Icelandic auga, Faroese eyga and Swedish öga. See: Danish Nouns 'øje', Old Norse Nouns 'auga', Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns 'auga', Icelandic Nouns 'auga', Faroese Nouns 'eyga', Swedish Nouns 'öga'.

Verbs referencing "øye"

English Nouns eye.

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