Topic: Norwegian (Bokmål)

"Øl er en drikk."

Translation:Beer is a beverage.

December 12, 2015

20 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/profile/UtsavMahes

    The "Ø" looks pretty badass to me.

    December 12, 2015
    https://www.duolingo.com/profile/fveldig
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    • 331

    It looks like nothing to me.

    December 12, 2015
    https://www.duolingo.com/profile/UtsavMahes

      You must be native, then.

      December 12, 2015
      https://www.duolingo.com/profile/fveldig
      Mod
      • 331

      It was a bad math pun :(

      The empty set

      December 12, 2015
      https://www.duolingo.com/profile/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.

        December 13, 2015
        https://www.duolingo.com/profile/fveldig
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        • 331

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

        December 13, 2015
        https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Luke_5.1991
        Mod
        • 4

        Agreed.

        December 12, 2015
        https://www.duolingo.com/profile/claresometimes

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

          January 2, 2016
          https://www.duolingo.com/profile/ZelvaCZ
          • 122

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

          January 20, 2016
          https://www.duolingo.com/profile/G.Matt17

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

            June 21, 2016
            https://www.duolingo.com/profile/djaevel94
            • 19

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

            December 22, 2015
            https://www.duolingo.com/profile/LonskiBonski

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

              March 26, 2018
              https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Manel.20

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

                July 1, 2019
                [deactivated user]

                  I keep thinking of the German word Öl and messing up

                  April 24, 2017
                  https://www.duolingo.com/profile/JaymesLowe1

                    Øl er drikken.

                    June 28, 2017
                    https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Scitrouille

                      Anyone else hearing two "en" here ?

                      August 1, 2017
                      https://www.duolingo.com/profile/hectorlqr

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

                        September 2, 2017
                        https://www.duolingo.com/profile/beerzoe
                        • 62

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

                        May 15, 2019
                        https://www.duolingo.com/profile/HiMeCriss
                        • 317

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

                        January 9, 2019
                        https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Robbadob
                        • 21

                        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

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                        April 15, 2019

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