mør

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Danish

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Etymology

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From Old Danish mør, from Old Norse meyrr, from Proto-Germanic *marwaz. Cognate with English mellow and German mürbe.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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mør (neuter mørt, plural and definite singular attributive møre)

  1. tender (of meat and vegetables)
  2. crumbling, mouldering

Inflection

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Inflection of mør
Positive Comparative Superlative
Indefinte common singular mør mørere mørest2
Indefinite neuter singular mørt mørere mørest2
Plural møre mørere mørest2
Definite attributive1 møre mørere møreste
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Derived terms

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References

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Old Norse meyrr, from Proto-Germanic *marwaz.

Adjective

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mør (neuter singular mørt, definite singular and plural møre, comparative mørere, indefinite superlative mørest, definite superlative møreste)

  1. tender (of food, when cooked)

References

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse mǿrir m pl.

Noun

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mør m (definite singular møren, indefinite plural mører or mørar, definite plural mørene or mørane)

  1. someone from Møre
    Synonym: møring
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  • møre f (woman from Møre)

Etymology 2

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Adjective

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mør (neuter mørt, definite singular and plural møre, comparative mørare, indefinite superlative mørast, definite superlative møraste)

  1. alternative form of møyr (tender)