Family vocab in Norwegian (nynorsk) and Icelandic
norsk | íslenska | english
familie (m) | fjölskylda (f) | family
far (m) [pl: fedrar] | faðir (m) [pl: feður] | father mor (f) [pl: mødrer] | móðir (f) [pl: mæður] | mother bror (m) [pl: brør] | bróðir (m) [pl: bræður] | brother syster (f) | systir (f) | sister son (m) [pl: søner] | sonur (m) [pl: synir] | son dotter (f) [pl: døtrer] | dóttir (f) [pl: dætur] | daughter
bestefar (m)* | afi (m) | grandfather bestemor (f)* | amma (f) [pl: ömmur] | grandmother onkel (m) | frændi (m) | uncle tante (f) | frænka (f) | aunt fetter (m) | frændi (m) | male cousin kusine (f) | frænka (f) | female cousin
ektemann (m) | eiginmaður (m) | husband kone (f) | eiginkona (f) | wife forelder (m) | foreldri (n) | parent sysken (n) | systkini (n) | sibling barn (n) | barn (n) | child barnebarn (n) | barnabarn (n) | grandchild
*farfar (m) - paternal grandfather, morfar (m) - maternal grandfather, farmor (f) - paternal grandmother, mormor (f) - maternal grandmother
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