Colors & Appearance in Norwegian

This lesson will teach you to describe the colors and appearance of people and things in Norwegian. Learn to express whether something is big or small, red or green, beautiful of ugly.

Contents

Colors
Appearance & attributes
Questions & phrases
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Colors

English	Norwegian	Pronunciation (Audio)
light / clear	lys klar	no-sing_lightclear no-sing_lightclear-2
dark	mørk	no-sing_dark
color	farge	no-sing_color
colored	fargelagt	no-sing_colored
white	hvit	no-sing_white
black	sort	no-sing_black
yellow	gul	no-sing_yellow
orange	oransje	no-sing_orange
red	rød	no-sing_red
pink	rosa	no-sing_pink
violet	lilla	no-sing_violet
blue	blå	no-sing_blue
green	grønn	no-sing_green
brown	brun	no-sing_brown
grey	grå	no-sing_grey

Appearance & attributes

English	Norwegian	Pronunciation (Audio)
new	ny	no-sing_new
old	gammel	no-sing_old
small	liten	no-sing_small
large / big	stor	no-sing_largebig
young	ung	no-sing_young
kind / pleasant	hyggelig vennlig trivelig	no-sing_kindpleasant no-sing_kindpleasant-2 no-sing_kindpleasant-3
unkind / unpleasant	slem uhyggelig	no-sing_unkindunpleasant no-sing_unkindunpleasant-2
patient	pasient	no-sing_patient
tall	høy	no-sing_tall
middle sized	middelstor	no-sing_middle-sized
small	liten	no-sing_small
fat	fet	no-sing_fat
thin / slim	tynn slank	no-sing_thinslim no-sing_thinslim-2
nice / pretty	pen vakker	no-sing_nicepretty no-sing_nicepretty-2
beautiful	vakker	no-sing_beautiful
ugly	stygg	no-sing_ugly
ill / sick	syk	no-sing_illsick
healthy	sunn	no-sing_healthy
happy / cheerful	glad lystig	no-sing_happycheerful no-sing_happycheerful-2
sad	trist	no-sing_sad
sporty	sporty	no-sing_sporty
ambitioned	ambisjonert	no-sing_ambitioned
intelligent	intelligent	no-sing_intelligent
creative	kreativ	no-sing_creative
active	aktiv	no-sing_active
sentimental	sentimental	no-sing_sentimental
rational	rasjonell	no-sing_rational
emotional	emosjonell	no-sing_emotional
natural	naturlig	no-sing_natural
romantic	romantisk	no-sing_romantic
nice / amiable	fin elskverdig	no-sing_niceamiable no-sing_niceamiable-2
spontaneous	spontan	no-sing_spontaneous
energetic	energisk	no-sing_energetic
stressed (out)	stresset	no-sing_stressed-out
relaxed	avslappet	no-sing_relaxed
frustrated	frustrert	no-sing_frustrated
talented	talentfull	no-sing_talented

Questions & phrases

English	Norwegian	Pronunciation (Audio)
What does he look like?	Hordan ser han ut?	no-sing_what-does-he-look-like
What does she look like?	Hvordan ser hun ut?	no-sing_what-does-she-look-like
What is he like?	Hvordan er han?	no-sing_what-is-he-like
What is she like?	Hvordan er hun?	no-sing_what-is-she-like

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