Animal Names in Norwegian

Animals always deliver as a nice topic of conversation to get some small talk going. Watching cat videos in Norwegian is just one of many more reasons to learn all basic animal names in Norwegian. For even more animals, take a look at our learning resources for Norwegian at the end of the page.

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20 Common Animal Names in Norwegian
Animal Related Words in Norwegian
Mammals in Norwegian
Birds in Norwegian
Insects in Norwegian
Marine Animals in Norwegian

20 Common Animal Names in Norwegian

English	Norwegian
dog in Norwegian	(M) hund (hund - hunden - hunder - hundene)
cow in Norwegian	(F) ku (ku - kua - kuer - kuene)
pig in Norwegian	(M) gris (gris - grisen - griser - grisene)
cat in Norwegian	(F) katt (katt - katten - katter - kattene)
sheep in Norwegian	(M) sau (sau - sauen - sauer - sauene)
horse in Norwegian	(M) hest (hest - hesten - hester - hestene)
monkey in Norwegian	(M) ape (ape - apen - aper - apene)
bear in Norwegian	(M) bjørn (bjørn - bjørnen - bjørner - bjørnene)
fish in Norwegian	(M) fisk (fisk - fisken - fisker - fiskene)
lion in Norwegian	(M) løve (løve - løven - løver - løvene)
tiger in Norwegian	(M) tiger (tiger - tigeren - tigrer - tigrene)
elephant in Norwegian	(M) elefant (elefant - elefanten - elefanter - elefantene)
mouse in Norwegian	(F) mus (mus - musa - mus - musene)
pigeon in Norwegian	(M) due (due - duen - duer - duene)
snail in Norwegian	(M) snegle (snegle - sneglen - snegler - sneglene)
spider in Norwegian	(M) edderkopp (edderkopp - edderkoppen - edderkopper - edderkoppene)
frog in Norwegian	(M) frosk (frosk - frosken - frosker - froskene)
snake in Norwegian	(M) slange (slange - slangen - slanger - slangene)
crocodile in Norwegian	(M) krokodille (krokodille - krokodillen - krokodiller - krokodillene)
tortoise in Norwegian	(M) skilpadde (skilpadde - skilpadden - skilpadder - skilpaddene)

Animal Related Words in Norwegian

English	Norwegian
animal in Norwegian	(N) dyr (dyr - dyret - dyr - dyra)
mammal in Norwegian	(N) pattedyr (pattedyr - pattedyret - pattedyr - pattedyra)
bird in Norwegian	(M) fugl (fugl - fuglen - fugler - fuglene)
insect in Norwegian	(N) insekt (insekt - insektet - insekt - insektene)
reptile in Norwegian	(M) reptil (reptil - reptilen - reptiler - reptilene)
zoo in Norwegian	(M) dyrehage (dyrehage - dyrehagen - dyrehager - dyrehagene)
vet in Norwegian	(M) veterinær (veterinær - veterinæren - veterinærer - veterinærene)
farm in Norwegian	(M) gård (gård - gården - gårder - gårdene)
forest in Norwegian	(M) skog (skog - skogen - skoger - skogene)
river in Norwegian	(F) elv (elv - elva - elver - elvene)
lake in Norwegian	(M) innsjø (innsjø - innsjøen - innsjøer - innsjøene)
desert in Norwegian	(M) ørken (ørken - ørkenen - ørkener - ørkenene)

Mammals in Norwegian

English	Norwegian
panda in Norwegian	(M) panda (panda - pandaen - pandaer - pandaene)
giraffe in Norwegian	(M) sjiraff (sjiraff - sjiraffen - sjiraffer - sjiraffene)
camel in Norwegian	(M) kamel (kamel - kamelen - kameler - kamelene)
wolf in Norwegian	(M) ulv (ulv - ulven - ulver - ulvene)
zebra in Norwegian	(M) sebra (sebra - sebraen - sebraer - sebraene)
polar bear in Norwegian	(M) isbjørn (isbjørn - isbjørnen - isbjørner - isbjørnene)
kangaroo in Norwegian	(M) kenguru (kenguru - kenguruen - kenguruer - kenguruene)
rhino in Norwegian	(N) neshorn (neshorn - neshornet - neshorn - neshornene)
leopard in Norwegian	(M) leopard (leopard - leoparden - leoparder - leopardene)
cheetah in Norwegian	(M) gepard (gepard - geparden - geparder - gepardene)
donkey in Norwegian	(N) esel (esel - eselet - esel - esla)
squirrel in Norwegian	(N) ekorn (ekorn - ekornet - ekorn - ekornene)
bat in Norwegian	(F) flaggermus (flaggermus - flaggermusa - flaggermus - flaggermusene)
fox in Norwegian	(M) rev (rev - reven - rever - revene)
hedgehog in Norwegian	(N) pinnsvin (pinnsvin - pinnsvinet - pinnsvin - pinnsvinene)
otter in Norwegian	(M) oter (oter - oteren - otere - oterene)

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Birds in Norwegian

English	Norwegian
duck in Norwegian	(F) and (and - anda - ender - endene)
chicken in Norwegian	(M) kylling (kylling - kyllingen - kyllinger - kyllingene)
goose in Norwegian	(F) gås (gås - gåsa - gjess - gjessene)
owl in Norwegian	(F) ugle (ugle - ugla - ugler - uglene)
swan in Norwegian	(M) svane (svane - svanen - svaner - svanene)
penguin in Norwegian	(M) pingvin (pingvin - pingvinen - pingviner - pingvinene)
ostrich in Norwegian	(M) struts (struts - strutsen - strutser - strutsene)
raven in Norwegian	(M) ravn (ravn - ravnen - ravner - ravnene)
pelican in Norwegian	(M) pelikan (pelikan - pelikanen - pelikaner - pelikanene)
flamingo in Norwegian	(M) flamingo (flamingo - flamingoen - flamingoer - flamingoene)

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Insects in Norwegian

English	Norwegian
fly in Norwegian	(F) flue (flue - fluen - fluer - fluene)
butterfly in Norwegian	(M) sommerfugl (sommerfugl - sommerfuglen - sommerfugler - sommerfuglene)
bee in Norwegian	(M) bie (bie - bien - bier - biene)
mosquito in Norwegian	(M) mygg (mygg - myggen - mygg - myggene)
ant in Norwegian	(M) maur (maur - mauren - maur - maurene)
dragonfly in Norwegian	(M) øyenstikker (øyenstikker - øyenstikkeren - øyenstikkere - øyenstikkerne)
grasshopper in Norwegian	(F) gresshoppe (gresshoppe - gresshoppa - gresshopper - gresshoppene)
caterpillar in Norwegian	(M) larve (larve - larven - larver - larvene)
termite in Norwegian	(M) termitt (termitt - termitten - termitter - termittene)
ladybird in Norwegian	(F) marihøne (marihøne - marihøna - marihøner - marihønene)

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Marine Animals in Norwegian

English	Norwegian
whale in Norwegian	(M) hval (hval - hvalen - hvaler - hvalene)
shark in Norwegian	(M) hai (hai - haien - haier - haiene)
dolphin in Norwegian	(M) delfin (delfin - delfinen - delfiner - delfinene)
seal in Norwegian	(M) sel (sel - selen - seler - selene)
jellyfish in Norwegian	(M) manet (manet - maneten - maneter - manetene)
octopus in Norwegian	(M) blekksprut (blekksprut - blekkspruten - blekkspruter - blekksprutene)
turtle in Norwegian	(M) skilpadde (skilpadde - skilpadden - skilpadder - skilpaddene)
starfish in Norwegian	(M) sjøstjerne (sjøstjerne - sjøstjernen - sjøstjerner - sjøstjernene)
crab in Norwegian	(M) krabbe (krabbe - krabben - krabber - krabbene)

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Animal Names in Norwegian

20 Common Animal Names in Norwegian

Animal Related Words in Norwegian

Mammals in Norwegian

Birds in Norwegian

Insects in Norwegian

Marine Animals in Norwegian

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Learn Norwegian - Quick / Easy / Efficient

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