Body & Health in Norwegian

We’ll now learn talking about parts of the human body as well as some useful Norwegian words and phrases related to Health and Illnesses. Let’s hope you’ll never need them, but better be prepared than sorry as they say…

Contents

The Body
Health & Illnesses
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The Body

English	Norwegian	Pronunciation (Audio)
body [Sg]	kropp
bodies [Pl]	kropper
head [Sg]	hode
heads [Pl]	hoder
face [Sg]	fjes
faces [Pl]	fjes
eye [Sg]	øye
eyes [Pl]	øyner
ear [Sg]	øre
ears [Pl]	ører
nose [Sg]	nese
noses [Pl]	neser
mouth [Sg]	munn
mouths [Pl]	munner
tongue [Sg]	tunge
tongues [Pl]	tunger
neck [Sg]	nakke
necks [Pl]	nakker
chest [Sg]	bryst
chests [Pl]	bryst
back / shoulder	rygg skulder
stomach [Sg]	mage
stomachs [Pl]	mager
heart [Sg]	hjerte
hearts [Pl]	hjerter
arm [Sg]	arm
arms [Pl]	armer
elbow [Sg]	albue
elbows [Pl]	albuer
hand [Sg]	hånd
hands [Pl]	hender
right hand	høyre hånd
left hand	venstre hånd
finger [Sg]	finger
fingers [Pl]	fingre
leg [Sg]	bein
legs [Pl]	bein
foot [Sg]	fot
feet [Pl]	føtter
skin	hud
hair	hår
tooth [Sg]	tann
teeth [Pl]	tenner
blood	blod

Health & Illnesses

English	Norwegian	Pronunciation (Audio)
healthy	frisk
ill / sick	syk
ache [Sg]	smerte
aches [Pl]	smerter
My [...] aches. / My [...] hurts.	Mine […] smerter Mine […] gjør vondt.
My [...] ache. / My [...] hurt.	Min […] smerte. Min […] gjør vondt.
I have a stomach ache.	Jeg har magesmerter.
My legs hurt.	Beina mine gjør vondt.
doctor	doktor
medical office / doctor’s surgery	legekontor legens operasjon
chemist’s / drugstore	farmasøyt potek
hospital	sykehus
illness / malady	sykdom

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