mør

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mor"

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish mør, from Old Norse meyrr, from Proto-Germanic *marwaz. Cognate with English mellow and German mürbe.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmøɐ̯ˀ]

Adjective

mør (neuter mørt, plural and definite singular attributive møre)

  1. tender (of meat and vegetables)
  2. crumbling, mouldering

Inflection

Inflection of mør
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular mør mørere mørest2
indefinite neuter singular mørt mørere mørest2
plural møre mørere mørest2
definite attributive1 møre mørere møreste

1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse meyrr, from Proto-Germanic *marwaz.

Adjective

mør (neuter singular mørt, definite singular and plural møre, comparative mørere, indefinite superlative mørest, definite superlative møreste)

  1. tender (of food, when cooked)

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse mǿrir m pl.

Noun

mør m (definite singular møren, indefinite plural mører or mørar, definite plural mørene or mørane)

  1. someone from Møre
    Synonym: møring
  • møre f (“woman from Møre”)

Etymology 2

Adjective

mør (neuter mørt, definite singular and plural møre, comparative mørare, indefinite superlative mørast, definite superlative møraste)

  1. alternative form of møyr (“tender”)
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