Norwegian DuoLingo Vocab - list of verbs Flashcards
(490 cards)
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å vite (vet / veit, visste, visst)
A
to know (knew, known)
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å hete (het / hette, hett)
A
to be called
3
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å bo
A
to live (reside)
4
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å snakke
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to speak (spoke, spoken)
5
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å spise
A
to eat (ate, eaten)
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å drikke (drakk, drukket)
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to drink (drank, drunk)
7
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å lese
A
to read (read, read)
8
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å se (så, sett)
A
to see (saw, seen)
9
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å se på
A
to look at / to watch
10
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å se opp for
A
to watch out / to look out for (see also å passe på for)
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å se ut
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to look (appearance)
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å like
A
to like
13
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å kjøpe
A
to buy (bought, bought) / to shop
14
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å elske
A
to love
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å trenge (2)
A
to need
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å lage (1)
A
to make (made, made)
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å vise
A
to show
18
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å høre
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to hear (heard, heard)
19
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å skrive (skrev, skrevet)
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to write (wrote, written) / to type
20
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å arbeide (1)
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to work
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å leke
A
to play (like kids play, using the imagination, and so on)
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å sove (sov, sovet)
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to sleep (slept, slept)
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å vaske
A
to wash
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å lære
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to learn (learnt, learnt) / to teach (taught, taught)
25
å kjøre
to drive (drove, driven)
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å selge (solgte, solgt)
to sell (sold, sold)
27
å vente på
to wait for
28
å velge (valgte, valgt)
to choose (chose, chosen)
29
å bestille (2)
to order, to book, to reserve
30
å nå
to reach
31
å si (sier, sa, sagt)
to say (said, said)
32
å bety (betød)
to mean (meant, meant) (to signify)
33
å lytte til
to listen to
34
å tro på
to believe in
35
å kalle (2)
to call (all meanings, but when calling on a phone, å ringe is used)
36
å ringe (2)
to call (contact using a phone)
37
å eie (åtte, ått) (1a)
to own
38
å tilhøre or å høre til
to belong to
39
å bruke
to use / to spend (spent, spent)
40
å smake
to taste (transitive and intransitive)
41
å betale
to pay (paid, paid)
42
å servere
to serve (a food or a drink)
43
å dra (dro, dratt)
to go (places around town), to leave (left, left) (a place one is in)
44
å dra
to drag
45
å svømme (2)
to swim (swam, swum)
46
å hoppe
to jump, to leap (leapt, leapt), to hop
47
å fly (fløy, fløyet / flydd)
to fly (flew, flown)
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å løpe (løp, løpt / løpet)
to run (ran, run)
49
å leve
to live (be alive)
50
å henge (hang, hengt)
to hang (hung, hung) (to be suspended)
51
å henge (hengte, hengt)
to hang (hung, hung) (to suspend)
52
å lete etter
to look for
53
å koste
to cost
54
å spille (2)
to play (all the other meanings, compare with å leke)
55
å vinne (vant, vunnet)
to win (won, won)
56
å tape
to lose (lost, lost) (to not win a competition)
57
å synge (sang, sunget)
to sing (sang, sung)
58
å tegne
to draw (drew, drawn)
59
å hvile
to rest
60
å finne (fant, funnet)
to find (found, found)
61
å kysse (2)
to kiss
62
å leie
to rent
63
å leie
to hold hands with someone
64
å åpne
to open
65
å regne (2)
to rain
66
å beklage (1)
to apologise
67
å dø (døde, dødd)
to die
68
å lukte
to smell (transitive and intransitive)
69
å takke
to thank
70
å huske
to remember
71
å le (lo, ledd)
to laugh
72
å smile
to smile
73
å savne
to miss (to feel the absence of)
74
å føle (seg)
to feel (felt, felt)
75
å gråte (gråt, grått)
to cry
76
å hate (1)
to hate
77
å danse
to dance
78
å prøve
to try
79
å fortsette
to continue
80
å studere
to study
81
å møte
to meet (met, met)
82
å jobbe
to work (synonym with å arbeide)
83
å klemme (2)
to hug
84
å redde
to rescue, to save
85
å virke som
to seem like
86
å tenke på (2)
to think about, of (thought, thought)
87
å hjelpe (hjalp, hjulpet)
to help
88
å støtte
to support
89
å bli enig med
to agree with (disagree is 'bli uenig')
90
å kjenne (2)
to know (a person or a place)
91
å dele
to share / to divide (something into smaller parts)
92
å svare
to answer (på is added before et spørsmål or spørsmålet)
93
å forstå
to understand
94
å spørre om (spør, spurte, spurt)
to ask about
95
å ha rett
to be right, to be correct
96
å ta feil
to be wrong, to be incorrect
97
å stille (2)
(this word is like 'to set', it has many meanings, many shared)
98
å stille et spørsmål (2)
to ask a question (å stille is used instead of å spørre before et spørsmål or spørsmålet, to avoid redundancy)
99
å finnes (finnes/fins, fantes/fans, funnes)
to exist (synonym with 'det er' if preceded by 'det')
100
å skje
to happen
101
å forsøke
to attempt
102
å ønske (seg)(2)
to wish (for)
103
å stole på
to trust
104
å følge (fulgte, fulgt)
to follow
105
å begynne (2)
to begin (began, begun)
106
å slutte
to stop (to stop doing a verb)
107
å kle på (seg)
to dress (up) (transitive and intransitive)
108
å fryse (frøs, frosset)
to be cold (to be freezing), to freeze (froze, frozen)
109
å bære (bar, båret)
to carry, to bear (bore, borne or born)
110
å mene
to mean (meant, meant) (to intend something in a particular way)
111
å love (1)(2)
to promise
112
å stemme (2)
to be correct / to vote
113
å foretrekke (foretrakk, foretrukket)
to prefer
114
å bekymre seg om
to worry about
115
å passe
to fit (fit, fit)
116
å passe
to suit, to work for, to be right for
117
å passe på
to look after, to take care of
118
å passe på at
to make sure that
119
å passe på for
to look out for, to watch out for (it isn't used as an exclamation, that is 'se opp!')
120
å pleie
to have the custom to, to tend to ('used to', when in the past)
121
å miste
to lose (to not have something anymore)
122
å endre
to change (to become or make different)
123
å bomme på
to miss (to not hit, catch, etc)
124
å bestemme (2)
to determine
125
å bestemme seg (2)
to decide
126
å stenge (2)
to shut (shut, shut) / to close a store temporarily (such as for the night)
127
å slappe av
to relax
128
å bite (bet, bitt)
to bite (bit, bitten)
129
å lukke
to close
130
å forlate (forlot, forlatt)
to abandon (to leave someone or a place)
131
å avbryte (avbrøt, avbrutt)
to interrupt / to cancel (often seen on computers and phones)
132
å sende (2)
to send (sent, sent) / to pass (something) / to ship
133
å fylle (2)
to fill
134
å stryke (strøk, strøket)
to iron
135
å låse
to lock
136
å låse opp
to unlock
137
å støvsuge (1)
to vacuum clean
138
å rydde
to tidy up
139
å drømme (2)
to dream (dreamt, dreamt)
140
å snorke
to snore
141
å føne (1)
to blow-dry (hair) (blew-dried, blown-dried)
142
å børste
to brush
143
å pusse
to brush
144
å dusje
to shower, to take a shower
145
å barbere
to shave
146
å bade (1)
to bathe
147
å tørke
to dry / to wipe
148
å mate (1)
to feed (fed, fed)
149
å dyrke
to grow a plant or a crop, to cultivate
150
å klare
to manage, to be able to do, can do
151
å inneholde
to contain
152
å be (ba, bedt)
to pray
153
å be om
to ask for (this is the 'to ask' used when asking for something)
154
å be [someone] på [something]
to invite [someone] for [something]
155
å stanse
to stop (å slutte's meaning + to not move any farther, and to prevent)
156
å knuse
to smash / to crush / to shatter
157
å blande
to blend, to mix
158
å glemme (2)
to forget
159
å håpe (1)
to hope
160
å gjelde (for) (gjaldt, gjeldt)
to pertain, to apply to, to concern, to regard (related to to yield)
161
å skjære (skar, skåret)
to cut (cut, cut)
162
å tilbringe (tilbrakte, tilbrakt)
to spend (time)
163
å orke
to have the energy
164
å anta
to assume (to suppose something is true)
165
å behøve
to need (synonym with å trenge)
166
å slippe (slapp, sluppet)
to drop
167
å slippe (ut)
to let out, to release
168
å slippe
to not have to ('jeg må vaske opp, men broren min slipper')
169
å handle
to act (to take action)
170
å handle om
to be about (example: denne boken handler om planeter)
171
å handle med
to trade with ('to have business with', not 'to swap something with something else')
172
å fortelle (fortalte, fortalt)
to tell (told, told)
173
å overraske
to surprise
174
å stige (steg, steget)
to rise (rose, risen)
175
å vokse (2)
to grow (grew, grown)
176
å møtes (møtes, møttes, møttes)
to meet (used when the verb isn't followed by an object)
177
det føles (føles, føltes, føltes)
it feels (used when the 'it' is the pronoun)
178
å synes (synes/syns, syntes, syntes)
to think (to have an opinion about something)
179
å ses (ses, sås, settes)
to be seen (example: de kan bare ses om natten)
180
å sees (sees, såes, settes)
(orthographic variation of å ses, it means the same)
181
å lykkes (lykkes, lyktes, lyktes)
to succeed
182
å mislykkes
to fail (not a transitive verb)
183
å svikte
to fail [someone or something] (transitive)
184
å trives (trives/trivs, trivdes, trivdes)
to be enjoying oneself, to be having a good time (cognate with to thrive)
185
å respektere
to respect
186
å fungere
to work (as in to function)
187
å reparere
to repair
188
å fikse
to fix
189
å presentere
to present / to introduce someone
190
å passere
to pass by, to pass (someone or something while in motion)
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å forberede seg på
to prepare for
192
å oppføre seg
to behave
193
å skynde seg (1a)(2)
to hurry (up), to rush
194
å komme an på
to depend on (situation might change depending on situation)
195
å avhenge av (avhang, avhengt)
to depend on (synonym)
196
å gå glipp av
to miss out
197
å være i ferd med [infinitive verb]
to be about to [infinitive verb]
198
å gifte seg
to get married
199
å skrive under
to sign at the end of terms or papers
200
å minne [noen] på (2)
to remind [someone] (about) (to tell someone there is something they should do)
201
å minne [noen] om (2)
to remind [someone] about, of (to make someone remember or think of someone or something)
202
å hente
to get something back, to retrieve / to pick up someone
203
å telle (1a)(2)(talte, talt)
to count (amounts)
204
å jukse
to cheat (to behave dishonestly to gain something)
205
å ødelegge
to destroy
206
å misforstå
to misunderstand
207
å påstå
to claim (to state you think sth is true)
208
å snø
to snow
209
å ligne på
to look like, to resemble
210
å dukke opp
to appear, to show up (å dukke means to duck. Similarly to å låse opp, it has the reverse meaning with the particle opp)
211
å forklare
to explain
212
å skjønne (2)
to understand (to know the reason for something, or how something works)
213
å fortjene
to deserve
214
å gjenta
to repeat
215
å stave (1)
to spell (spelt, spelt)
216
å feilstave
to misspell
217
å falle (falt, falt)
to fall (fell, fallen)
218
å ordne seg
to work out, to be okay
219
å glede seg til (1)(3)
to look forwards to
220
å forbedre
to improve
221
å forandre
to change (synonym with å endre)
222
skulle ønske (2)
to wish (for something one could have got in the past, but didn't)
223
å flytte
to move (like in English, it can also mean to move to a new place)
224
å vurdere
to consider (to think carefully)
225
å treffe (traff, truffet)
it's a synonym of both å møte (to meet) and å slå (to hit)
226
å oversette
to translate
227
å undervise
to teach, to instruct
228
å la (lot, latt)
to let (let, let)
229
å havne
to end up, to wind up (wound up, wound up)
230
å bry seg om (brød)
to care about (someone or something)
231
å tilgi
to forgive
232
å skremme (2)
to scare
233
å fornærme
to insult
234
å angre
to regret / to undo (computer)
235
å brekke (brakk, brukket)
to break (broke, broken) (the physical 'to break')
236
å bryte (brøt, brutt)
to break
237
å kaste
to throw, to toss (threw, thrown)
238
å riste
to shake (shook, shaken)
239
å riste på
to shake (a part of one's body)
240
å nøle
to hesitate
241
å krangle
to argue
242
å motstå
to resist
243
å reagere
to react
244
å påvirke
to influence
245
å spre (spredte, spredt)
to spread (spread, spread)
246
å låne til
to lend (lent, lent)
247
å låne av
to borrow
248
å bytte
to swap, to switch
249
å starte
to start
250
å vekke
to wake (up) (woke, woken) (someone else, not oneself)
251
å rulle
to roll / to scroll
252
å gjette
to guess
253
å bygge (1a)(3)
to build (built, built)
254
å tømme (2)
to empty
255
å stjele (stjal, stjålet)
to steal (stole, stolen)
256
å stoppe
to stop (all å slutte and å stanse meanings + to make or to stop functioning)
257
å advare
to warn
258
å kjenne igjen, å gjenkjenne (2)
to recognise (know sb or sth because you have seen, heard, known...)
259
å dytte
to push
260
å forbli
to remain, to stay (to continue to be in a particular state or condition)
261
å oppleve
to experience
262
å flørte
to flirt
263
å anbefale
to recommend
264
å gjemme (2)
to hide (hid, hidden) (to put something somewhere where it cannot be seen)
265
å gjemme seg for
to hide from (to hide from someone)
266
å tvinge (tvang, tvunget)
to force
267
å utsette
to delay (to start something later than planned) (compare with å forsinke)
268
å krydre
to season / to spice up (to make something more interesting)
269
å rane (1)
to rob
270
å bli påkjørt
to be run over (this verb is in the passive voice)
271
å skade (1)(3)
to hurt (hurt, hurt), to injure, to damage
272
å fjerne
to remove
273
å motta
to receive
274
å erstatte
to replace
275
å behandle
to treat
276
å sammenligne
to compare
277
å foreslå
to suggest
278
å illustrere
to illustrate
279
å lyve (løy, løyet)
to lie (to tell untruths)
280
å lyge (løy, løyet)
(alternative of å lyve)
281
å oppfinne / finne opp / finne på
to invent
282
å ombestemme (seg) (2)
to change someone's mind, seg is used if it's reflexive
283
å tåle
to tolerate, to put up with
284
å late som (lot, latt)
to pretend
285
å våkne (opp)
to wake (up) (woke, woken) (to wake oneself up, intransitive)
286
å snu (seg)
to turn (transitive, or intransitive with seg)
287
å skifte
(common verb) synonym of å bytte, also less often, of å endre and å forandre as well
288
å innføre
to bring in, to introduce a concept
289
å tillate (tillot, tillatt)
to allow
290
å unngå
to avoid / to dodge
291
å forvente
to expect
292
å vare i
to last (for)
293
å godta
to accept
294
å sjekke
to check
295
å bevege seg (1)
to move (oneself)
296
å spare
to save up (for later)
297
å dekke (2)
to cover
298
å distrahere
to distract
299
å gjøre ferdig
to finish
300
å senke
to reduce / to sink (sank, sunk) (something else, it's a transitive verb)
301
å senke farten av, på
to slow down (to reduce the speed of)
302
å mangle
to lack
303
å kritisere
to criticise
304
å nekte
to refuse / to deny
305
å bli avhørt
to be interrogated (this verb is in the passive voice)
306
å oppnå
to achieve, to attain
307
å bli født
to be born (this verb is in the passive voice)
308
å invitere
to invite
309
å flyte (fløt, flytt)
to float (on water, not in the air), to flow
310
å avgjøre
to decide (synonym with å bestemme seg)
311
å utelukke
to exclude, to rule out
312
å forvirre
to confuse
313
å grave (grov)
to dig (dug, dug)
314
å kartlegge
to map
315
å klatre
to climb
316
å stikke (stakk, stukket)
to sting (stung, stung) / to stick (stuck, stuck) / to stab / to poke
317
å jage (1) (jog)
to chase
318
å jakte på
to hunt
319
å forsinke
to delay (to cause something or someone to be late or slow) (compare with å utsette)
320
å forby (forbød, forbudt)
to ban, to forbid, to prohibit
321
å bake
to bake
322
å involvere
to involve
323
å begrense
to limit, to restrict
324
å trekke (trakk, trukket)
to pull, to draw (as in to pull)
325
å vanne
to water
326
å plante
to plant
327
å så
to sow (optional v3: sown), to seed
328
å plukke
to pick (a flower, fruit, vegetable, etc), to pluck
329
å øke (1a)
to increase
330
å tørre (tør, turte / torde, tort / turt)
to dare (the next verb's å is optional)
331
å adoptere
to adopt (all meanings)
332
å sovne
to fall asleep (compare with å sove)
333
å ta vare på
to take care of
334
å lure på
to wonder
335
å lure
to trick, to fool
336
å innse
to realise
337
å misbruke
to abuse
338
å diskutere
to discuss / to debate
339
å oppdage (1)
to discover
340
å begrave (1a) (begrov)
to bury
341
å lide (led/lei, lidd/lidt)
to suffer
342
å sørge (3)
to mourn
343
å våge (1)
to dare (synonym with å tørre)
344
å ende (2)
to end
345
å ende opp
to end up (synonym with å havne, it's like in English)
346
å avslutte
to finish (more formal than å gjøre ferdig)
347
å bringe (brakte, brakt)
to bring (brought, brought) (to make sth come to a place (compare with å ta med, they are not the same))
348
å brenne (brente, brent)
to burn (burnt, burnt) (to set fire to)
349
å brenne (brant, brent)
to burn (burnt, burnt) (to be on fire)
350
å forsvare
to defend
351
å fatte
to fathom, to comprehend, to understand
352
å levere
to deliver
353
å planlegge
to plan
354
å samarbeide (3)
to cooperate, to collaborate
355
å bekrefte
to confirm
356
å gi [noen] beskjed
to let [somoene] know (beskjed roughly translates to message)
357
å fylle ut (2)
to fill out (a form, for example)
358
å høres (ut) (høres, hørtes, høres)
to sound
359
å foregå
to be taking place
360
å abonnere
to subscribe
361
å bidra
to contribute
362
å rope
to shout
363
å lyse opp
to brighten up (figurative or literal)
364
å etablere
to establish
365
å observere
to observe
366
å utforske
to explore
367
å kreve (1a)
to require
368
å spionere på
to spy on (all contexts)
369
å avvise
to reject (general use)
370
å skjule
to hide (to put sth somewhere where it can't be seen / to keep information or feelings secret)
371
å legge merke til
to notice
372
å merke at
to notice (that)
373
å overvåke (1)
to watch, to monitor
374
å fange
to catch (caught, caught) / to capture / to trap
375
å grunnlegge
to found
376
å dømme (2)
to judge (all contexts)
377
å krympe
to shrink (shrank, shrunk)
378
å koke
to boil
379
å steke
to fry / to roast
380
å smelte
to melt
381
å parkere
to park
382
å kose seg med (1)
to snuggle, to cuddle with
383
å kose seg (1)
to have a good time (intransitive verb)
384
å trøste
to comfort, to console
385
å forlove seg (1)
to get engaged
386
å lengte etter
to long for, to yearn for
387
å slå opp
to break up
388
å overnatte
to spend the night
389
å skille (2)
to separate
390
å seile (2)
to sail
391
å segle
(variation of å seile)
392
å fiske
to fish
393
å drukne
to drown
394
å synke (sank, sunket)
to sink (sank, sunk) (intransitive, the subject of the sentence sinks)
395
å omkomme
to perish (to die in an accident, such as a sinking ship)
396
å overleve
to survive
397
å nyte (nøt, nytt)
to enjoy
398
å skuffe
to disappoint
399
å kopiere
to copy
400
å klippe (2)
to cut (with scissors)
401
å resirkulere
to recycle
402
å omdirigere
to redirect
403
å berike (1)
to enrich
404
å nikke
to nod
405
å trå (trådte or tro, trådt)
to step (whilst å tråkke på is to step on something, å trå is to take a step)
406
å omfavne
to embrace
407
å skumlese
to skim (to read quickly)
408
å bære nag
to hold/bear a grudge
409
å bevare
to preserve
410
å konservere
to conserve
411
å være (er, var, vært)
to be (am/are/is, was, been)
412
å ha (hadde, hatt)
to have (had, had)
413
å bli (ble, blitt)
to get (to become) (got, got/gotten) / to stay
414
å gjøre (gjør, gjorde, gjort)
to do (did, done)
415
å ta (tok, tatt)
to take (took, taken)
416
å stå (sto / stod, stått)
to be standing (stood, stood)
417
å komme (kom, kommet)
to come (came, come) / to arrive / to get to [location]
418
å ligge (lå, ligget)
to be lying (position)
419
å gå (gikk, gått)
to go (went, gone) / to walk
420
å legge (la, lagt)
to put something into or with a 'horizontal' appearance (put, put), to lay (laid, laid)
421
å sette (satte, satt)
to put something into or with a 'vertical' appearance (put, put), to set (set, set)
422
å sitte (satt, sittet)
to be sitting, to be sat
423
å gi (ga / gav, gitt)
to give (gave, given)
424
å få (fikk, fått)
to get (to obtain)
425
å slå (slo, slått)
to hit (hit, hit), to punch, to slap (literal and figurative) / to beat (beat, beaten/beat) (to best someone at something)
426
å holde (holdt, holdt)
to hold (held, held), to keep (kept, kept)
427
bør
should, ought to
428
burde
should, ought to
429
burde ha
should have
430
ha burdet
should have
431
må
must, have to, need to
432
måtte
had to, needed to
433
måtte ha
had to have, needed to have
434
ha måttet
have had to, have needed to
435
å være nødt til
to have to, to need to, to be obliged to
436
vil
want to
437
vil ha
will have
438
ville
wanted to / would
439
ville ha
would have
440
ha villet
have wanted to
441
å ha lyst til [å verb]
to want [infinitive verb]
442
å ha lyst på en [noun]
to want a [noun]
443
skal
shall / will
444
skal ha
shall have / will have
445
skulle
was supposed to / was going to / would
446
skulle ha
were supposed to have / would have
447
ha skullet
were supposed to have / would have
448
å komme til å
to be going to
449
kan
can, is able to
450
kunne
could, was able to
451
kunne ha
could have
452
ha kunnet
have been able to
453
å være i stand til
to be able to
454
får
may
455
fikk
got to, were allowed to
456
ha fått
have got or gotten to, have been allowed to
457
å være glad i
to love (it's less intense than å elske), to care for
458
å legge seg
to go to bed
459
å stå opp
to get up (from bed)
460
å ta av seg
to take off something one is wearing
461
å ta på seg
to put something on
462
å reise seg (2)
to stand up (to move from lying, sitting, kneeling, etc)
463
å ta med
to bring (to have sth or sb with you when you come)
464
å ta på
to touch (a bit more informal than å berøre)
465
å legge igjen [noun]
to leave (to forget to bring something with you)
466
å legge [noun] fra seg
to leave (to put sth in a place and go away from it)
467
å legge bort
to put away
468
levende
living, alive
469
sittende
seated, sitting
470
liggende
lying (position)
471
forvirrende
confusing
472
svømmende
swimming
473
overraskende
surprising, surprisingly
474
døende
dying
475
løpende
running, ongoing
476
sovende
sleeping
477
nåværende
current
478
kommende
coming
479
underholdende
entertaining
480
flytende
fluent, fluently / fluid
481
lignende
similar
482
snakkende
talking
483
avgjørende
decisive, critical, crucial
484
gjenværende
remaining
485
imponerende
impressive
486
givende
rewarding
487
passende
appropriate, suitable
488
spennende
exciting
489
utelukkende
exclusively, only (a PP mostly used as an adverb)
490
deprimerende
depressing
