Meaning

Prefix

ace

es

cabin, one-room house

stue, stugu

camp

leir

coarse, rough

grov

cold

kold

drum

trom, tromme

east

øst

eel

aal, ål

great, large

stor

headland

skage

high

høj

holy place

vi, ve

honey

honning

king

konge

old

gam, gammel

little

lille

long

lange

marsh, swamp

mose

mountain farm

støl, seter

mountain pass

skard

mountain road

gald

north

nord, nor, norre

new

ny

red

rød

rest

hold

rim, ridge, edge

rand

river boat

arken

slab, flat stone, flagstone

hella

south

syd

stone

stein

to search

søge

to tie up

binde

waterfall

foss

west

vest, vester

white

hvid

Meaning

Suffix

beach, shore

-strand

bridge

-bro

castle, fortification

-borg

farmstead

-gaard, -gård

field

-mark, -vang, -vange

hill

-ås, -åsen

headland

-skage

house

-hus, -hjem

inlet

-vik

islet

-holm, holmen

market town

-købing

marsh, swamp

-mose

mountain, rise

-berg, -bjerg, -fjell, -fjelle

mountain farm

-støl, -seter

place

-sted

port, harbor

-havn

property inheritance (uses personal names)

-lev

satellite town

-rup, -strup, -trup

small forest

-holt

source, spring

-kilde

stream, brook

-baek

swamp

-sump

thorp

-torp, -terp

town, city

-by

valley

-dal

Meaning

Suffix

bay

-bugt

beach, shore

-strand

headland

-skage

hill

-høj, -høje

inlet

-vik

island

-ø, -øy

islet

-holm, holmen

lake

-sø, -vatn

mountain

-berg, -fjell, -fjelle

mountain pass

-pas, -pass

ocean

-hav, -havet

peak

-tind, -tinden

reef, atoll

-rev

river

-å, -åen, -låg, -lågen

round mountain (rising from a plateau)

-hø

sea

-sjø, -hav, -havet

sound, strait, channel

-sund, -sunden

source, spring

-kilde

stream, brook

-baek

valley

-dal

waterfall

-foss, -fossen

Meaning

Suffix

urban road

-gade

small street, alley

-straede

rural road

-vej

public square, rotunda

-plads