Comparative Adjectives Study Guide

Overview

Norwegian Comparative and Superlative Adjectives

Norwegian adjective forms for big, bigger, and biggest.

Level 1

Base adjectives

These are the adjectives you will learn in this section: kort (short), lang (long), stor (big), liten (small), høy (tall), lav (low), bred (wide), smal (narrow), tykk (thick), and tynn (thin).

stor

big

Den er stor.

It is big.

vs

liten

small

Den er liten.

It is small.

lang

long

Linjen er lang.

The line is long.

vs

kort

short

Linjen er kort.

The line is short.

høy

tall

Søylen er høy.

The column is tall.

vs

lav

low

Søylen er lav.

The column is low.

bred

wide

Boksen er bred.

The box is wide.

vs

smal

narrow

Boksen er smal.

The box is narrow.

tykk

thick

Linjen er tykk.

The line is thick.

vs

tynn

thin

Linjen er tynn.

The line is thin.

Level 4

Comparative forms

Comparative means more. Use it in: Denne er ___ enn den andre.

stor

større

bigger

liten

mindre

smaller

lang

lengre

longer

kort

kortere

shorter

høy

høyere

taller

lav

lavere

lower

bred

bredere

wider

smal

smalere

narrower

tykk

tykkere

thicker

tynn

tynnere

thinner

Denne er større enn den andre.

This one is bigger than the other one.

Denne er kortere enn den andre.

This one is shorter than the other one.

Level 7

Superlative forms

Superlative means most. Learn each row as a short form change.

stor

størst

biggest

liten

minst

smallest

lang

lengst

longest

kort

kortest

shortest

høy

høyest

tallest

lav

lavest

lowest

bred

bredest

widest

smal

smalest

narrowest

tykk

tykkest

thickest

tynn

tynnest

thinnest

Denne er størst.

This one is biggest.

Denne er lavest.

This one is lowest.