Norsk | Engelsk |
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(Bokmål) uutgrunnelig adjective | inscrutable(difficult or impossible to comprehend, fathom or interpret) |
(Nynorsk) avgrunn noun {m}, Svelg {n} | swallow [swallows](a chasm or abyss) |
(Nynorsk) bakgrunn noun {m} | wallpaper(computing: image used to cover a desktop) |
(Nynorsk) elementær, grunnleggande, grunnleggjande adjective | elementary(relating to the basic, essential or fundamental part of something) |
(Nynorsk) fjellgrunn noun {m}, berggrunn {m} | bedrock(underground solid rock) |
(Nynorsk) flat, lav, grunn adjective | shallow [shallower, shallowest](having little depth and significantly less deep than wide) |
(Nynorsk) grunn adjective | shallow [shallower, shallowest](extending not far downward) |
(Nynorsk) grunnarbeid noun {n} | groundwork(foundation) |
(Nynorsk) grunnfjell noun {n} | basement [basements](mass of rock) |
(Nynorsk) grunnform noun {f} | basic formnoun |
(Nynorsk) grunnlaus adjective | groundless(baseless) unfounded(not based on solid reasons or facts) |
(Nynorsk) grunnleggar noun {m}, grunnleggjar {m} | founder [founders](one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author) |
(Nynorsk) grunnlovsendring noun {f} | constitutional amendment(a change to a governing document) |
(Nynorsk) grunnsetning noun {f}, dogme {n}, PlrinSiPlPl {n} | tenet [tenets](an opinion, belief or principle) |
(Nynorsk) grunnstein noun {m} | foundation stone(stone laid during construction) |
(Nynorsk) grunnstoff noun {n} | chemical element(any one of the simplest chemical substances that cannot be decomposed in a chemical reaction) element [elements](chemistry: simplest chemical substance) |
(Nynorsk) grunntal noun {n} | cardinal numeral(grammar: word used to represent a cardinal number) radix [radices](mathematics: number of distinct symbols used to represent numbers) |
(Nynorsk) grunnvatn noun {n} | groundwater [groundwaters](Water existing beneath the earth's surface in underground streams and aquifers) |
(Nynorsk) på grunn av preposition | due to(caused by) owing to(because of) |
(Nynorsk) prototyp, grunnform noun {m}, PlrototyPle {m} | prototype [prototypes](original form or object which is a basis for other forms or objects) |
avgrunn noun {m} | abyss [abysses](bottomless or unfathomed depth) |
bakgrunnssjekk noun | background check(report on an individual) |
bakgrunnsstråling noun {c} | background radiation(ionizing radiation that is naturally present in the environment) |
det stille vann har den dype grunn phrase | still waters run deep(a person's calm appearance may be misleading) |
på grunn av preposition | toward(for the purpose of) |
på grunn av, for, i kraft av, for skuld, som følge av preposition | because of(on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of) |