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-s meaning in Norwegian

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-ing (act of doing something)

(Nynorsk) -ing{f}

-ing (to form gerunds)

-ing

-ing (to form present participles)

-ende

-ish (appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions)

-sk

-ish (appended to words)

(Bokmål) -aktig

-ism (a principle, belief or movement)
[UK: ˈɪ.zəm]
[US: ˈɪ.zəm]

(Bokmål) -isme{m}

(Nynorsk) -isme{m}

-ist (One who follows a particular ideology, doctrine, belief system or theory)

-ist

-ite (used to form names of minerals and rocks)

(Bokmål) -itt{m}

(Nynorsk) -itt{m}

-ize (suffix used to form verbs)

-ere

-land (territory, country or region (suffix))

(Bokmål) -land

-leptic (of or relating to a condition of seizing)

-leptisk

-less (lacking)
[UK: les]
[US: ˈles]

-løs

-logist (person who studies or is an expert in the related -logy)

(Bokmål) -log

-logy (branch of learning)
[UK: ˈləʊ.ɡɪ]
[US: ˈloʊ.ɡiː]

(Bokmål) -logi

-ly (used to form adverbs from adjectives)
[UK: ˈlaɪ]
[US: ˈlaɪ]

(Bokmål) (normal adverbs are the same in form as the respective adjectives)

(Nynorsk) (normal adverbs are the same in form as the respective adjectives)

-lysis (decomposition or breakdown)

(Bokmål) -lyse{m}

(Nynorsk) -lyse{m}

-mania (indicating a compulsion or obsession)

-mani{m}

-maniac (indicating a person who experiences compulsion)

(Bokmål) -man{m}

(Nynorsk) -man{m}

-ment

(Bokmål) -ment

-ness (appended to adjectives to form nouns meaning "the state of being...", "the quality of being...", or "the measure of being...")
[UK: nes]
[US: ˈnes]

-het, -skap

-ology (branch of learning)

(Bokmål) -logi

-on ((physics) subatomic particles)

(Bokmål) -on

-one (ketone)

(Bokmål) -on

-onym (word)

(Bokmål) -onym{n}

(Nynorsk) -onym{n}

-ous (suffix to form adjectives)

-øs

-phile (Forming nouns and adjectives denoting "friend")

(Bokmål) -fil

(Nynorsk) -fil

-phobia [UK: ˈfəʊ.bɪə]
[US: ˈfoʊ.bɪə]

-fobi

-phone (device that makes a sound)

(Bokmål) -fon

(Nynorsk) -fon

-teen (to form numbers 13 - 19)
[UK: ˈtiː.neɪdʒ]
[US: ˈtiːn]

(Bokmål) -ten

(Nynorsk) -ten

-tion (producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb)

-sjon{m}

-ty (multiples of ten)

(Bokmål) -ti

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