røst – Norwegian Bokmål noun declension

Noun: røst
Gender: Masculine, Feminine, Neuter Hyphenation:

Indefinite

Sg.	røst
Pl.	røster; røst

Definite

Sg.	røsta; røsten; røstet
Pl.	røstene; røsta

Sample Sentences

Hun hadde en vakker, dyp røst. (She had a beautiful, deep voice.)
Herre, årle høre du min røst! (Lord, hear my voice early!) [traditional, Sal [Psalms], 5:4:]
[tale] med hævet røst ([to speak] with raised voice) [1874, Henrik Ibsen, Fru Inger til Østråt, page 142:]
[Hjalmar Ekdal hadde] dette hjertevindende i røsten ([Hjalmar Ekdal had] this heart-winning quality in his voice) [1884, Henrik Ibsen, Vildanden, page 207:]
heve/opplate sin røst (to raise one's voice; to begin to speak or sing)
røsten er Jakobs, men hendene er Esaus (the voice is Jacob's, but the hands are Esau's; someone appears under false pretences)
røst fra graven — a deep, solemn, sepulchral voice; gravrøst
hør mine inderlige bønners røst (hear the voice of my heartfelt prayers) [traditional, Sal [Psalms], 28:2:]
Stormens veldige røst fylte natten. (The mighty voice of the storm filled the night.)
da hørte jeg en røst fra de fire hornene på gullalteret foran Guds ansikt (then I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar before God's face) [traditional, Åp [Revelation], 9:13:]
Han fulgte samvittighetens røst. (He followed the voice of his conscience.)
blodets røst (the voice of blood; the feeling of kinship) [1882, Henrik Ibsen, En folkefiende, page 173:]
fra denne dagen av sa en mild røst at jeg burde holde meg i bevegelse (from this day on, a gentle voice said that I ought to keep moving) [1997, Ingri Lønnebotn, Hun var en liten kvinne jeg ikke kjente særlig godt:]
Røster fra en svunnen tid kan fortsatt høres i tekstene. (Voices from a bygone age can still be heard in the texts.)
Han lot sin røst høre i lokalavisen. (He made his voice heard in the local newspaper.)
røster hævet sig for, at staten skulde lægge al jernbanebygging ned (voices were raised in favour of the state stopping all railway construction) [1920, Peter Egge, Inde i Fjordene, page 55:]

Nouns inflected like røst

skrift, dun, dump, torv, røst, vegn, sokn,

Etymology

1. Inherited from Old Norse raust (“voice”), from Proto-Germanic *raustiz (“voice”), from Proto-Indo-European *Hres- (“to shout, speak”). Related to Old Norse rausa (“to talk loudly, speak”), reysta (“to shout; sing; rejoice”).
2. Compare Danish røst, Swedish röst, Icelandic raust, Faroese reyst and Norwegian Nynorsk røyst (“voice”). See: Danish Nouns 'røst', Swedish Nouns 'röst', Icelandic Nouns 'raust', Faroese Nouns 'reyst', Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns 'røyst'.

Verbs referencing "røst"

Danish Nouns røst.