Noun: jente
Gender: Masculine, Feminine
Hyphenation:
Definite
| Sg. | jenta; jenten |
| Pl. | jentene |
Sample Sentences
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Hvem er jenta der borte? (Who's that girl over there?)
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Der kommer ei lita jente. (A little girl is coming.)
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jenta mi (my darling; sweetie; dear (literally: my girl; more literally: the girl my)))
Nouns inflected like jente
krokodille,
snuppe,
flytebrygge,
smekke,
slynge,
slette,
skøyte,
sløyfe,
brennesle,
skuffe,
skråme,
skrøne,
skisse,
skinke,
skinne,
skjære,
skorpe,
diamantgruve,
revebjelle,
øygruppe, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse genta, from gant (“joke, foolery”), cognate with Swedish jänta. See: Old Norse Nouns '
genta', Swedish Nouns '
jänta'.
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