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Here you can search for single words. If you write the first letters and wait, the search will return with words from the database which fit your inquiry. This search will provide all available information about that word from the database.

Word å være
English translation to be
Word class
verb
Imageability
low (3.12)
Subjective AoA
medium (4.23)
Usage frequency per million words
high (23 706.90)
No. phonological neighbours
many (24)
Phonological neighbourhood density
high (646.64)
Phonological neighbours våre (262), lære (105), vare (57), kjære (41), været (37), været (37), ære (20), bære (20), nære (19), verne (7), skjære (6), gjerdet (6), gjerde (5), svære (5), sære (3), uværet (2), pære (1), væren (1), gjære (<1), tjære (<1), væra (<1), tære (<1), læret (<1), vøre (<1), værer (<1), tvære (<1), vire (<1), verder (<1), ferde (<1), vørde (<1)
Word length
No. letters 4
No. sounds 4
No. syllables 2
Word structure
Derivation? false
Compound? false
Sound structure
First sound fricative? false
Starts in consonant cluster? false
Verb properties
Valency 2
Transitivity transitive
Multi-word phrase? false

Norwegian Words
A lexical database of a selection of Norwegian words, developed by the Research Group in Clinical Linguistics and Language Acquisition at the Department of Linguistic and Scandinavian Studies, University of Oslo. All requests should be directed to Pernille Hansen. This database can be used freely, but please refer to the database like this:

Lind, M., Simonsen, H.G., Hansen, P., Holm, E. & Mevik, B.-H. (2015) Norwegian Words: A lexical database for clinicians and researchers. Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics 29(4), p. 276-290. Downloaded DATE from: http://www.tekstlab.uio.no/ordforradet/en/

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