vann

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nounneuter
  1. water; the chemical compound H₂O, especially as a clear, colourless and odourless liquid
  2. water resulting from rain, melting, spilling or a similar process
  3. water which enters, leaks into or is kept out of something
  4. a natural body of water or expanse of water, such as a sea, fjord, river or lake
  5. the quantity, level or depth of water in a river, lake, sea or similar body of water
adverb
  1. only used in dann og vann“now and then, from time to time”

Forms

noun

indefinite singularvann
definite singularvannet
indefinite pluralvann
definite pluralvanna
definite pluralvannene

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Idioms you will actually hear

  • å gå over bekken etter vannto make something harder than it isLiterally "to cross the stream to fetch water".

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