Adverbs are an eclectic part of speech -- hard to define inclusion categories
| dictionary form | English | notes |
| akkurat | exactly | |
| aldeles | quite, absolutely | |
| aldri (opp. alltid) | never | |
| alene | alone | |
| aller | the very....(best) | |
| allerede | already | |
| allikevel | yet, still | |
| alltid (opp. aldri) | always | |
| alt | already | |
| altfor | too, all too | |
| altså | thus | |
| antakelig / antagelig | presumably | |
| attpåtil | in addition, on top of that | |
| baklengs | backwards | |
| bare | only, just | |
| bort / borte | (to) away / (at) away | to a place / in a place |
| brutto | gross (opp. netto) | |
| cirka | approximately | |
| da | then | |
| dels | partially | |
| delvis | partly | |
| dengang | then, that time | |
| deretter | after that | |
| derfor | so, for that reason | |
| derimot | on the other hand | |
| dermed | thus | |
| dessuten | besides | |
| dessverre | unfortunately | |
| desto | the .... the (jo ... desto) | |
| dog | however | |
| ei | not (archaic) | |
| eksempelvis | for example | |
| ellers | otherwise | |
| enda | still | |
| endog | even, very (formal) | |
| engang | even, ikke engang 'not even' | |
| enn | than | |
| ennå | still, yet | |
| etter hvert | gradually, little by little | |
| etterpå | afterwards | |
| for | too | |
| for lengst | a long time ago | |
| for så vidt | for that matter, in a sense | |
| for øvrig / forøvrig | besides, for that matter | |
| forbi | past | |
| forholdsvis | relatively | |
| forhåpentlig | hopefully | |
| forhåpentligvis | hopefully | |
| forlengst | long ago | |
| formelig | positively | |
| forresten | besides, by the way | |
| forsåvidt | for that matter, in a sense | |
| fortrinnsvis | preferably | |
| fortsatt | still, continued | |
| forøvrig / for øvrig | besides, for that matter | |
| fram / framme | (to) forth / (at) forth | to a place / in a place |
| frem / fremme | (to) forth / (at) forth | to a place / in a place |
| fremdeles | still, even now | |
| følgelig | consequently | |
| først | first | |
| ganske | quite | |
| gjerne | gladly | heller - helst |
| gradvis | gradually, by degrees | |
| halvveis | halfway, midway | |
| hit / her | (to) here / (at) here | to a place / in a place |
| heldigvis | luckily | |
| heller | rather, somewhat | comparative of gjerne |
| helst | preferably | superlative of gjerne |
| henholdsvis | respectively | |
| hjem / hjemme | (to) home / (at) home | to a place / in a place |
| hvor | where | |
| hvorav | of whom, of which | |
| hvordan | how | |
| hvorfor | why | |
| høyst | highly, most | |
| i alle fall, iallfall | at any rate, at least | |
| i dag | today | |
| i gang | going, established | |
| i hvert fall | in any case | |
| i stedet | instead | |
| i stedet, isteden | instead | |
| iallfall | at any rate, at least | |
| igjen | again, back | |
| ikke | not | |
| ille | bad, awful verre, verst | |
| imidlertid | nevertheless, however | |
| inn / inne | (to) in / (at) in | |
| innledningsvis | by way of introduction, at the beginning | |
| isteden | instead | |
| jammen | indeed, certainly | |
| jevnlig | frequently, often | |
| jo | yes, certainly | |
| kanskje | perhaps | |
| kun | only | |
| lenge | long | for a long time. comp: lenger, super: lengst |
| like | just as, equally | |
| likeledes | likewise, as well | |
| likeså | likewise, the same | |
| likevel | yet, still, nevertheless | |
| liksom | like, somehow, kind of | |
| lite | little, few | lite sannsynlig "not very probable" |
| litt | a little | jeg snakker litt norsk "just a bit" |
| lovlig | legal, lawful, legitimate | |
| massevis | lots of, great numbers of | |
| med rette | rightly ? | |
| meget | very, quite | |
| midt | in the midst of | |
| minus | minus | |
| muligens | possibly, perhaps | |
| naturligvis | naturally | |
| ned / nede | (to) down / (at) down | |
| nemlig | namely, in fact, right | |
| neppe | hardly, scarcely | |
| nest | next | |
| nesten | nearly, almost | |
| netto | net (opp. gross) | |
| nettopp | just, exactly | |
| noenlunde | fairly, reasonably | |
| noensinne | ever, at any time | |
| nok | enough, supposedly | |
| nokså | quite, rather | |
| nylig | newly, recently | |
| nære | nearly | |
| nødvendigvis | necessarily | |
| nå | now | |
| når | when | |
| ofte | often | |
| og | and | |
| òg | also | |
| også | also | |
| om igjen | again | |
| omlag | approximately | |
| omme | over, at the end | |
| omsider | at last, finally | |
| omtrent | approximately | |
| opp / oppe | (to) up / (at) up | to a place / in a place |
| opp ned | upside down | |
| overalt | everywhere | |
| overens | in agreement | |
| overhodet | at all, altogether | |
| pluss | plus | |
| rasende | extremely | |
| rett og slett | completely | |
| riktig nok, riktignok | to be sure | |
| saktens | no doubt, admittedly | |
| sammen | together, jointly | |
| sannelig | indeed, truly | |
| sannsynligvis | probably, in all likelihood | |
| selv | even | selv min far - even my father |
| selvfølgelig | of course | |
| siden | ago | for ett år siden - one year ago |
| simpelthen | simply | |
| sist | last | |
| sjelden | seldom (opp ofte) | |
| sjøl - see selv | even | selv min far - even my father |
| slik | in this / that way | |
| snart | soon | |
| straks | immediately | |
| særdeles | especially, particularly | |
| så | so | |
| så pass | so much so... | |
| så vidt | only just, as far as.. | |
| sådan | thus, such | |
| således | so, thus | |
| sånn | such, that / this kind of thing | |
| såpass | so, about | |
| temmelig | fairly, rather, sort of | |
| tidvis | periodically | |
| tildels | partially | |
| tilfeldigvis | by chance, accidently | |
| trolig | truly, probably | |
| trutt | steadily | |
| tvers | across | |
| tvert | across, straight | |
| tydeligvis | obviously, evidently | |
| ut / ute | (to) out / (at) out | to a place / in a place |
| utelukkende | exclusively | |
| vanligvis | usually | |
| vel | well, indeed | |
| veldig | very | |
| visstnok | probably | |
| årevis | for years | |
Et forms of adjectives can be used as adverbs (Hun synger
pent ."She sings beautifully", Han sitter stille "He's sitting
quietly/" Those adverbs are not listed above.
Adverbs like 'hjem / hjemme' and 'dit / der' have one form representing motion
to a place, one form for location in a place.
Many adverbs end in -vis (vanligvis).
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last update: 24 July 2006 10:48