Norwegian/Vocabulary/Animals

Dyr (animals)

Fisker (fishes)

• abbor: perch
• gjedde: pike
• hai: shark
• lake: burbot
• laks: salmon
• makrell: mackerel
• sei: pollock
• sild: herring
• torsk: cod
• tunfisk: tuna
• ørret: trout
• ål: eel

Fugler (birds)

• and: duck
• crow: kråke
• due: dove, pigeon
• erle: wagtail
• falk: falcon
• gås: goose
• hauk: hawk
• jerpe: hazel grouse
• lunde: puffin
• papegøye: parrot
• pingvin: penguin
• ravn: raven
• rype: ptarmigan
• skjære: magpie
• stork: stork
• struts: ostrich
• svale: swallow
• trane: crane
• trost: thrush
• undulat: parakeet, budgie
• ørn: eagle

Gnagere (rodents)

• bever: beaver
• flodsvin: capybara
• hare: hare
• lemen: lemming
• mus: mouse
• rotte: rat

Husdyr (farm animals)

• esel: donkey
• geit: goat
  • bukk: male goat
  • killing: kid
• gris, svin: pig
  • grisunge: piglet
  • purke: female pig
  • råne: male pig
• hane: rooster
• hest: horse
• høne: hen
• kveg, storfe: cattle
  • kalv: calf
  • ku: cow
  • okse: bull
• kylling: chicken
• sau: sheep
  • lam: lamb

Insekter (insects)

• bie: bee
• flue: fly
• humle: bumblebee
• maur: ant
• mygg: mosquito
• skolopender: centipede
• sommerfugl: butterfly
• tusenbein: millipede
• øyenstikker: dragonfly

Kjæledyr (pets)

• gullfisk: goldfish
• hund: dog
  • valp: puppy
• kanin: rabbit
• katt: cat
• marsvin: guinea pig

Klovdyr (ungulates)

• elg: moose
• flodhest: hippo
• hjort: red deer
• moskus: muskox
• neshorn: rhinoceros
• rein, reinsdyr: reindeer
• rådyr: roe deer
• sjiraff: giraffe
• villsvin: boar

Reptiler (reptiles)

• firfisle: lizard
• hoggorm: adder
• orm, slange: snake

Rovdyr (carnivores)

• bjørn: bear
  • bamse: male bear
  • binne: female bear
  • brunbjørn: brown bear
  • isbjørn: polar bear
• gaupe: lynx
• gepard: cheetah
• grevling: badger
• jaguar: jaguar
• jerv: wolverine
• krokodille: crocodile
• leopard: leopard
• løve: lion
• mår: pine marten
• rev: fox
  • fjellrev: arctic fox
  • korsrev: cross fox
  • rødrev: red fox
• tiger: tiger
• ulv: wolf
• vaskebjørn: raccoon

Sjøpattedyr (marine mammals)

• delfin: dolphin
• hval: whale
  • blåhval: blue whale
  • knølhval: humpback whale
• hvalross: walrus
• nise: porpoise
• sel: seal
• spekkhogger: orca, killer whale
• tumler: common bottlenose dolphin