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Norwegian vocabulary: adverbs

Often, quickly, already, maybe, very: the Norwegian adverbs that say when, how and how much.

Here are 100 Norwegian words on “Adverbs”, translated into English and sorted from easiest to hardest.

Level 1: easy 38 words

NorwegianEnglish
igjenagain
nestenalmost
alleredealready
ogsåalso
dårligbadly
bakbehind
bedrebetter
nededownstairs
et annet stedelsewhere
langt unnafar
endeligfinally
herhere
foranin front
sentlate
litelittle
lengelong time
kanskjemaybe
i mellomtidenmeanwhile
myemuchQuantity, with a verb or a noun
sånext
blant annetnotably
ofteoften
til venstreon the left
bareonly
der borteover there
fortquickly
hellerrather
virkeligreally
så myeso much
noen gangersometimes
rett fremstraight ahead
deretterthen
såledesthus
i dagtoday
i morgentomorrow
for myetoo much
godtwell
i gåryesterday

Level 2: medium 36 words

NorwegianEnglish
absoluttabsolutely
riktignokadmittedly
bakoverbackwards
på forhåndbeforehand
nedenforbelow
tilfeldigvisby chance
bestemtcertainly
heltcompletely
for tidencurrently
direktedirectly
betydeligdistinctly
med lettheteasily
enormtenormously
i bunn og grunnessentially
ekstremtextremely
før i tidenformerly
heldigvisfortunately
ærlig taltfrankly
gratisfree of charge
heretterfrom now on
straksimmediately
inneinside
hovedsakeligmainly
normaltnormally
perfektperfectly
for godtpermanently
sannsynligvisprobably
sjeldenrarely
regelmessigregularly
relativtrelatively
seriøstseriously
rett og slettsimply
lettslightly
utelukkendesolely
sikkertsurely
dessverreunfortunately

Level 3: hard 26 words

NorwegianEnglish
bråttabruptly
årligannually
tilnærmelsesvisapproximately
omgåendeat once
roligcalmly
forsiktigcautiously
korrektcorrectly
gjernegladly
ærlighonestly
vennligkindly
månedligmonthly
høylyttnoisily
av og tiloccasionally
med viljeon purpose
høfligpolitely
i ro og fredquietly
innen kort tidshortly
lydløstsilently
oppriktigsincerely
plutseligsuddenly
systematisksystematically
midlertidigtemporarily
vanligvisusually
vagtvaguely
synligvisibly
med besværwith difficulty

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How many words are in this list?
This page gives 100 Norwegian words on “Adverbs”. The full topic holds 152 in the KoKo app: 59 at the easy level, 54 at the medium level and 39 at the hard level.
Which words should I start with?
With level 1: these are the easiest words of the topic. Move on to level 2 once they come to you without thinking, then to level 3.
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