"Øl er en drikk."

Translation: Beer is a beverage.

[UtsavMahes]

The "Ø" looks pretty badass to me.

[fveldig]

It looks like nothing to me.

[UtsavMahes]

You must be native, then.

[fveldig]

It was a bad math pun :(

The empty set

[UtsavMahes]

OH MY GOD I'M DOING SETS IN MATHS RIGHT NOW.

My teacher always calls an empty set "phi" and we use "Φ" instead of Ø.

Have a lingot.

[fveldig]

But that's like using n instead of π...

[Luke_5.1991]

Agreed.

[claresometimes]

keep reading 'øl' as 'Öl'... oil is not a drink

[ZelvaCZ]

I'm doing this lesson just after finishing a German lesson. Confusing o_o

[G.Matt17]

Right? I was like, "Wait a second. What the heck are they drinking up there??"

[LonskiBonski]

Is it ok to say "Øl er en drikke"? Or is this just my dialect?

[djaevel94]

At this point, I can know drink beer and eat sandwiches in Norway, which is nice

[Manel.20]

what is the difference between "drikk" and "drikke" ?

[Shano01]

So, I am not Norwegian but basically drikk means beverage or drink, and drikke is like the infinitive form of the verb i think. Like if you "I drink" -> "Jeg drikker", but if you say "I like to drink beer" -> "Jeg liker å drikke øl."

[armymoo]

The difference between drikk and drikke? Im confused, tusen takk

[beerzoe]

Drikk is the countable noun used for individual drinks; drikke is the uncountable mass noun used in general expressions like 'mat og drikke' (food and drink); and å drikke is the verb.

[Shano01]

That's interesting thanks, i though drikke would only act as like as the infinitive verb form

[deactivated user]

I keep thinking of the German word Öl and messing up

[JaymesLowe1]

Øl er drikken.

[Scitrouille]

Anyone else hearing two "en" here ?

[hectorlqr]

Does "øl" come from the same root as "oil/ öl"?

[beerzoe]

No, it's related to the English word 'ale'.

[HiMeCriss]

Øl sounds like a good thing to order when in Germany, especially on a date xD

[Robbadob]

Fun fact if it helps you remember: øl is related to the English word "ale". Øl is also neuter (et øl) when referring to a kind of beer and masculine (en øl) when referring to a glass or can &c of beer. In Nynorsk, it is always neuter.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/alu

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/øl#Norwegian_Bokmål

[2019/04/15]

[EvdogMusic]

The German Öl is pronounced the same way, and means 'oil'. It made me do a double-take

[Ivan879518]

The best one.