Isabelle | 23 | ISFJ

I’m Norwegian, but I currently live in Seoul, South Korea. Norwegian 🇳🇴 | English 🇬🇧 | German 🇩🇪 | Korean 🇰🇷| Chinese (Mandarin) 🇨🇳

[littlelinguaphile]

Nothing motivates me to study a language quite like the relization that my friends think I’m more proficient than I actually am.

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Love Vocabulary in Norwegian

Kjærlighet - Love

Jeg forguder deg - I adore you (lit. I worship you)

Jeg elsker deg - I love you

Jeg er glad i deg - I love you

Jeg trenger deg - I need you

Jeg savner deg - I miss you

Jeg vil ha deg nå - I want you now

Jeg vil ha deg - I want you

Du er bare min - You are only mine

Jeg tenker på deg hele tiden - You are on my mind all the time

Kjæreste - Boyfriend/Girlfriend

Kyss - Kiss

Suss - Kiss

Nuss - Kiss

Gi meg et suss - Give me a kiss

Mamma kysset nissen - Mom kissed santa claus

Du er min eneste - You are my only one

Å gå ut med - To date/hang out with (lit. to go out with)

Å flørte - To flirt

Han flørte med henne - He flirted with her

Klem - Hug

Han gav meg et kyss på kinnet - He gave me a kiss on the cheek

Tungekiss (lit. Tongue kiss) - French kiss

Han kysset meg! - He kissed me!

Et lidenskapelig kyss - A passionate kiss

Et kyss - A kiss

Gi/Få - Give/Receive

Han ga henne en rose - He gave her a rose

Jeg har aldri elsket henne - I have never loved her

Jeg har aldri elsket med henne - I have never made love to (had sex with) her

Å forelske seg - To fall in love

Å bli glad i - To become fond of (to start to love/care about)

 Å falle for - To fall for

Jeg faller for deg - Im falling for you (Im falling in love with you)

Elske sin neste - Love one’s neighbor

Å kline - To make out

Å kile - To tickle

Du er min hjerteknuser - You are my heartbreaker

Hun er litt av en hjerteknuser - She break lots of hearts

Jeg elsker deg av hele mitt hjerte - I love you with all of my heart

Du har et hjerte av stein - You have a heart made of stone

Hjertet mitt slår for deg - My heart is beating for you

Du er hjerteløs - You are heartless/callous

Du varmer hjertet mitt - You are warming my heart

Hun har et godt hjerte - She has a good heart

Hjertesorg - Heartbreak

Hva har du på hjertet? (“hva har du lyst til å snakke med meg om?”) - What’s on your mind? (“what do you want to talk to me about?”)

Å ikke ha hjerte til (“ikke klare å gjøre (på grunn av medfølelse)”) - To not have the heart to (“be unable (because of compassion)”)

“Hjerte” rimer på “smerte” - Heart rhymes with pain (in Norwegian)

Jeg stoler på deg - I trust you

Jeg liker deg - I like you

Du har et vakkert smil - You have a beautiful smile

Øynene dine glitrer - Your eyes sparkle

Så lenge jeg er med deg, så er jeg glad - As long as I am with you, (then) Im happy

Kjærlighet på pinne -Lollipop

Du betyr så mye for meg - You mean so much to me

Du er søt - You are cute

Jeg lengter etter deg - I long for you

[speakyourmind-learnlanguages]

As a Norwegian, I just wanted to update this list as I noticed som grammar errors and some unnatural phrases.

Jeg forguder deg - I adore you (lit. I worship you)

This sentence is correct, but it is never used, as the word “forguder” is a bit old fashioned.

Jeg er glad i deg - I love you

As someone mentioned previously in the notes: This sentence in Norwegian means “I care for you/I’m fond of you”, so it is not as strong as “Jeg elsker deg/I love you”. NB! Note that “I love you/Jeg elsker deg” in Norwegian is very strong, so it’s usually only used for very close family and/or a partner you have been with for a long time.

Han flørte med henne - He flirted with her

The correct conjugation of the verb in this sentences should be “flørtet”, not “flørte”. So the sentence should be: “Han flørtet med henne”.

Han gav meg et kyss på kinnet - He gave me a kiss on the cheek

It’s more normal to just say “ga” instead of “gav”, or to just say: “Han kysset meg på kinnet” (He kissed me on the cheek)

Jeg har aldri elsket henne - I have never loved her

While this sentences is correct, it’s more normal to say: “Jeg elsket henne aldri”.

Jeg har aldri elsket med henne - I have never made love to (had sex with) her

In Norway, we don’t really say “to make love/å elske”, so this sentence sounds a bit weird in Norwegian. I would just say: “Jeg har aldri hatt sex med henne”.

I hope this can help people learning Norwegian :)