frø

See also: fro, fró, and frö

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /frœː/, [fʁ̥œːˀ]

Etymology 1

From Old Danish frødh, from Old Norse frauðr.

Noun

frø c (singular definite frøen, plural indefinite frøer)

1. frog

Inflection

Declension of frø

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	frø	frøen	frøer	frøerne
genitive	frøs	frøens	frøers	frøernes

Etymology 2

From Old Danish frø. The same as Swedish frö. Compare Old West Norse fræ, frjó, Icelandic fræ, Faroese fræ, dialectal Norwegian fræ, frjó, frø (standard nynorsk frø).

Noun

frø n (singular definite frøet, plural indefinite frø)

1. seed (fertilized grain)

Inflection

Declension of frø

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	frø	frøet	frø	frøene
genitive	frøs	frøets	frøs	frøenes

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

frø n (definite singular frøet, indefinite plural frø, definite plural frøa or frøene)

1. a seed

Derived terms

• sesamfrø
• solsikkefrø
• valmuefrø

Verb

frø (present tense frør, simple past frødde, past participle frødd)

1. frø seg (selv) - to seed (itself), to self-seed (of a plant; reflexive)

References

• “frø” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse frjó and fræ. Akin to English fry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /frøː/

Noun

frø n (definite singular frøet, indefinite plural frø, definite plural frøa)

1. a seed

Derived terms

• sesamfrø
• solsikkefrø
• valmuefrø

References

• “frø” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.