kjerring

== Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Old Norse kerling, from karl. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /çærɪŋ/ Rhymes: -ɪŋ === Noun === kjerring f or m (definite singular kjerringa or kjerringen, indefinite plural kjerringer, definite plural kjerringene) old woman wife (slang) girl, lady (slang) shrew, hag ==== Derived terms ==== kjerringråd kjerringsnakk trollkjerring === References === “kjerring” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Alternative forms === === Etymology === From Old Norse kerling, from karl, whence also kar and kall (karl). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [²çɛ̝r.rɪŋ], [²çær.rɪŋ], [²c͡çɛ̝r.rɪŋɡ], [²c͡çær.rɪŋɡ] Rhymes: -ɪŋ, -ɪŋɡ Hyphenation: kjer‧ring === Noun === kjerring f (definite singular kjerringa, indefinite plural kjerringar, definite plural kjerringane) woman kjerringa med staven ― the woman with the staff wife old woman (derogatory) an unmanly man (derogatory, chiefly urban Eastern Norwegian) shrew, hag ==== Usage notes ==== The meaning of shrew or hag is newer and generally unused outside urban parts of central Eastern Norway. ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (woman): kvinne, kjelle, kone, dros, kvende, kvinnfolk, seggje, snot (wife): kone, frue, husfrøye ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “kjerring” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.