korg

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

korg m or f (definite singular korga or korgen, indefinite plural korger, definite plural korgene)

1. basket

   Synonym: kurv

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

korg f (definite singular korga, indefinite plural korger, definite plural korgene)

1. basket

Derived terms

• lysterkorg (“an iron basket with burning rushlights, used for fishing with spear at night time”)

Swedish

korg

Etymology

From Old Swedish korgher, from Old Norse kǫrf, karfa, from Middle Low German korf, from Old Saxon *korf, from Proto-West Germanic *korb.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔrj/

• Audio:

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Noun

korg c

1. basket (container)
2. Short for vagnskorg (“body of a train waggon”).

Declension

Declension of korg

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	korg	korgs
	definite	korgen	korgens
plural	indefinite	korgar	korgars
	definite	korgarna	korgarnas

Derived terms

• ge korgen / ge någon korgen (compare Norwegian Bokmål gi kurven and Danish give en kurv)
• få korgen (compare German einen Korb bekommen and Danish få en kurv)
• korgboll
• barnkorg
• basketkorg
• brevkorg
• brödkorg
• cykelkorg
• hårkorg
• inkorg
• klädkorg
• kundkorg
• papperskorg
• skräpkorg
• utkorg
• äggkorg

Further reading

• korg in Svensk ordbok.

Anagrams

• krog