brunost

English

Etymology

From Norwegian brunost (literally “brown cheese”), from brun + ost.

Noun

brunost (uncountable)

1. a brown Norwegian whey cheese with a strong, sweet flavor.

   Synonyms: geitost, gjetost

Translations

cheese

• Finnish: mesjuusto
• German: Braunkäse m
• Norwegian: brunost (no) m
• Spanish: geitost
• Swedish: mesost

See also

• brunost on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Burston, burtons

Norwegian Nynorsk

Brunost av Gudbrandsdals-slaget. / Brown cheese of the Gudbrand Valley type

Etymology

From brun (“brown”) +‎ ost (“cheese”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²brʉːnost/, /²brʉːnust/
• Hyphenation: brú‧nòst

Noun

brunost m (definite singular brunosten, indefinite plural brunostar, definite plural brunostane)

1. brown cheese

   Synonyms: raudost (“red cheese”), mysost (“whey cheese”)

References

• “brunost” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.