ør

See also: Appendix:Variations of "or"

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /øːˀr/, [ˈøˀɐ̯], [ˈøɐ̯ˀ]

Etymology 1

Sense 1 from Old Norse aurr, from Proto-Germanic *auraz (“wet sand or earth, mud”). Sense 2 from Old Norse eyrr, related to aurr.

Noun

ør c (singular definite øren, plural indefinite ører)

1. (dated) gravel
2. (dated) gravel bank, ayre, gravel beach

Declension

Declension of ør

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ør	øren	ører	ørerne
genitive	ørs	ørens	ørers	ørernes

Etymology 2

From Old Norse ǿrr, from Proto-Germanic *wōrijaz, probably cognate with English weary.

Adjective

ør (neuter ørt, plural and definite singular attributive øre)

1. dizzy, woozy
2. (rare) confused

Inflection

Inflection of ør

	positive	comparative	superlative
indefinite common singular	ør	—	—2
indefinite neuter singular	ørt	—	—2
plural	øre	—	—2
definite attributive1	øre	—	—

¹ When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
² The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /øːr/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse ǿrr.

Adjective

ør (neuter ørt, definite singular and plural øre, comparative ørare, indefinite superlative ørast, definite superlative øraste)

1. dizzy, woozy

Related terms

• øra (“to make dizzy”)
• Ørsta

Etymology 2

Verb

ør

1. imperative of øre

Etymology 3

From Old Norse eyrr, from Proto-Germanic *aurī.

Noun

ør f (definite singular øra, indefinite plural ørar or ører, definite plural ørane or ørene)

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of øyr

Etymology 4

From Old Norse yðr.

Alternative forms

• ær, øder

Pronoun

ør

1. (obsolete, dialectal, Lofoten, Helgeland) objective case of i
   • 1853, Ivar Aasen, Prøver af Landsmaalet i Norge (overall work in Danish), Christiania: Carl C. Werner & Co., page 2:

     men æg undras paa, at i sku kjenn' mæg; æg trur aller, at æg kjenne ør; æg tyks aller ha sett ør før.

     Though I wonder how you would know me. I don't think I know you. I don't think I've ever seen you before.

References

• “ør” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• Ivar Aasen (1850) “i”, in Ordbog over det norske Folkesprog‎^[1] (in Danish), Oslo: Samlaget, published 2000

Anagrams

• rø