Oslo

See also: osło, and Ósló

English

Etymology

From Norwegian Oslo, from Old Norse Ósló, Óslo (“Meadow at the Foot of a Hill”), from earlier Áslo (“Meadow Consecrated to the Gods”). The first syllable from Old Norse áss (“a god in Norse mythology”), from Proto-Germanic *ansuz (“god”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énsus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ens- (“to engender, beget”) + last part from *lewk- (“bright; to shine, see”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɒzləʊ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈɑzloʊ/, /ˈɑsloʊ/

• Audio (UK):

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Proper noun

Oslo

1. A county and municipality, the capital city of Norway. Formerly called Christiania and Kristiania.
2. A tiny city in Marshall County, in northwest Minnesota, United States.
3. An unincorporated community in Vernon Township, Dodge County, Minnesota, United States.
4. An unincorporated community in Indian River County, Florida, United States.

Derived terms

• Osloite

Translations

Oslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway)

• Albanian: Oslo
• Amharic: ኦስሎ (ʾoslo)
• Arabic: أُوسْلُو f (ʔūslū)

  Hijazi Arabic: أوسلو f (ʾōslū, ʾōslō)

• Armenian: Օսլո (Ōslo)
• Azerbaijani: Oslo (az)
• Basque: Oslo (eu)
• Belarusian: О́сла m (Ósla)
• Bengali: অসলো (oslō)
• Bulgarian: О́сло n (Óslo)
• Burmese: အော့စလိုမြို့ (au.ca.luimrui.)
• Catalan: Oslo
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 奧斯陸／奥斯陆 (ou³ si¹ luk⁶), 奥斯陆 (ou³ si¹ luk⁶)

  Mandarin: 奧斯陸／奥斯陆 (zh) (Àosīlù), 奥斯陆 (zh) (Àosīlù)

• Czech: Oslo (cs) n
• Danish: Oslo (da) n
• Dutch: Oslo (nl) n
• Esperanto: Oslo (eo)
• Finnish: Oslo (fi)
• French: Oslo (fr) f
• Georgian: ოსლო (oslo)
• German: Oslo (de) n
• Greek: Όσλο (el) n (Óslo)
• Hebrew: אוֹסְלוֹ (he) f (oslo)
• Hindi: ओस्लो m (oslo)
• Hungarian: Oslo (hu)
• Icelandic: Ósló f
• Indonesian: Oslo
• Irish: Osló
• Italian: Oslo (it) f
• Japanese: オスロ (Osuro)
• Kazakh: Осло (kk) (Oslo)
• Khmer: អូស្លូ (km) (ʼouslou)
• Korean: 오슬로 (Oseullo)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Oslo (ku)

• Kyrgyz: Осло (Oslo)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Lao: ອອສໂລ (ʼǭt lō)
• Latin: Asloa f
• Latvian: Oslo f
• Lithuanian: Oslas m
• Macedonian: Осло n (Oslo)
• Malay: Oslo
• Maltese: Oslo
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Осло (Oslo)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Oslo (no)

  Nynorsk: Oslo n

• Pashto: اوسلو f (oslo)
• Persian: اسلو (oslo)
• Polish: Oslo (pl) n
• Portuguese: Oslo (pt) f
• Romanian: Oslo (ro)
• Russian: О́сло (ru) m (Óslo)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: О̏сло n

  Roman: Ȍslo (sh) n

• Slovak: Oslo n
• Slovene: Oslo n
• Spanish: Oslo (es)
• Swedish: Oslo (sv) n
• Tagalog: Oslo
• Tajik: Осло (Oslo)
• Tamil: ஒசுலோ (oculō)
• Tatar: Осло (Oslo)
• Thai: ออสโล (ɔ́ɔs-loo)
• Turkish: Oslo (tr)
• Turkmen: Oslo
• Ukrainian: О́сло m (Óslo)
• Urdu: اوسلو m (oslo)
• Uyghur: ئوسلو (oslo)
• Uzbek: Oslo
• Vietnamese: Ốt-xlô
• Yiddish: אָסלאָ n (oslo)

Anagrams

• Loos, OOLs, loos, sloo, solo, sool

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈoz.lu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈoz.lo]

Proper noun

Oslo m

1. Oslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway)

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈoslo]

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Oslo n

1. Oslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway)

Derived terms

• Oslan
• oselský
• osloský

Further reading

• Template:R:KNLA
• Template:R:SSJC

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Danish

Proper noun

Oslo

1. Oslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway)

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian Bokmål Oslo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔs.loː/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Os‧lo

Proper noun

Oslo n

1. Oslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway)

See also

• Christiania

Anagrams

• loos

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Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈoslo]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -o
• Hyphenation: O‧slo

Proper noun

Oslo (accusative Oslon)

1. Oslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway)

Holonyms

• Norvegio

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Estonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoslo/, [ˈoslo]

Proper noun

Oslo

1. Oslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway)

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Faroese

Proper noun

Oslo ?

1. Oslo (the capital of Norway)

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoslo/, [ˈo̞s̠lo̞]
• Rhymes: -oslo
• Syllabification^(key): Os‧lo

Proper noun

Oslo

1. Oslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway)

Declension

Inflection of Oslo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		Oslo	—
genitive		Oslon	—
partitive		Osloa	—
illative		Osloon	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Oslo	—
accusative	nom.	Oslo	—
	gen.	Oslon
genitive		Oslon	—
partitive		Osloa	—
inessive		Oslossa	—
elative		Oslosta	—
illative		Osloon	—
adessive		Oslolla	—
ablative		Oslolta	—
allative		Oslolle	—
essive		Oslona	—
translative		Osloksi	—
abessive		Oslotta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Oslo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Osloni — accusative nom. Osloni — gen. Osloni genitive Osloni — partitive Osloani — inessive Oslossani — elative Oslostani — illative Oslooni — adessive Oslollani — ablative Osloltani — allative Oslolleni — essive Oslonani — translative Oslokseni — abessive Oslottani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Oslosi — accusative nom. Oslosi — gen. Oslosi genitive Oslosi — partitive Osloasi — inessive Oslossasi — elative Oslostasi — illative Osloosi — adessive Oslollasi — ablative Osloltasi — allative Oslollesi — essive Oslonasi — translative Osloksesi — abessive Oslottasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Oslomme — accusative nom. Oslomme — gen. Oslomme genitive Oslomme — partitive Osloamme — inessive Oslossamme — elative Oslostamme — illative Osloomme — adessive Oslollamme — ablative Osloltamme — allative Oslollemme — essive Oslonamme — translative Osloksemme — abessive Oslottamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Oslonne — accusative nom. Oslonne — gen. Oslonne genitive Oslonne — partitive Osloanne — inessive Oslossanne — elative Oslostanne — illative Osloonne — adessive Oslollanne — ablative Osloltanne — allative Oslollenne — essive Oslonanne — translative Osloksenne — abessive Oslottanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Oslonsa — accusative nom. Oslonsa — gen. Oslonsa genitive Oslonsa — partitive Osloaan Osloansa — inessive Oslossaan Oslossansa — elative Oslostaan Oslostansa — illative Osloonsa — adessive Oslollaan Oslollansa — ablative Osloltaan Osloltansa — allative Oslolleen Oslollensa — essive Oslonaan Oslonansa — translative Oslokseen Osloksensa — abessive Oslottaan Oslottansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

• oslolainen (Osloite)
• oslotar

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ.slo/

Proper noun

Oslo f

1. Oslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway)

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔsloː/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Oslo n (proper noun, genitive Oslos or (optionally with an article) Oslo)

1. Oslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway)

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈosloː]
• Hyphenation: Os‧lo
• Homophone: oszló
• Rhymes: -loː

Proper noun

Oslo

1. Oslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	Oslo	—
accusative	Oslót	—
dative	Oslónak	—
instrumental	Oslóval	—
causal-final	Oslóért	—
translative	Oslóvá	—
terminative	Oslóig	—
essive-formal	Osloként	—
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Oslóban	—
superessive	Oslón	—
adessive	Oslónál	—
illative	Oslóba	—
sublative	Oslóra	—
allative	Oslóhoz	—
elative	Oslóból	—
delative	Oslóról	—
ablative	Oslótól	—
non-attributive possessive - singular	Oslóé	—
non-attributive possessive - plural	Oslóéi	—

Possessive forms of Oslo
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Oslóm	—
2nd person sing.	Oslód	—
3rd person sing.	Oslója	—
1st person plural	Oslónk	—
2nd person plural	Oslótok	—
3rd person plural	Oslójuk	—

Derived terms

• oslói

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.zlo/
• Rhymes: -ɔzlo
• Hyphenation: Ò‧slo

Proper noun

Oslo f

1. Oslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway)

Anagrams

• solo

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Latvian

Proper noun

Oslo ? ({{{2}}} declension)

1. Oslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway)

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Norwegian Bokmål

Oslo, Norway. View from Ekeberg toward Grefsen.

Etymology

From Old Norse Ósló, Óslo (“Meadow at the Foot of a Hill”) (spelling used from around the year 1225), from older Áslo (“Meadow Consecrated to the Gods”), first part from áss (“a god in Norse mythology”), from Proto-Germanic *ansuz (“god”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énsus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ens- (“to engender, beget”) + last part from *lewk- (“bright, to shine, see”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʊslʊ/, /ˈʊʃlʊ/, [ˈʊ̂ʂlʊ]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ʊslʊ, -ʊʃlʊ
• Hyphenation: Os‧lo

Proper noun

Oslo

1. Oslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway)
2. Oslo (a city in Marshall County, in northwest Minnesota, United States)
3. Oslo (an unincorporated community in Vernon Township, Dodge County, Minnesota, United States)
4. Oslo (an unincorporated community in Indian River County, Florida, United States)

Related terms

• Christiania, Kristiania (“Former names of the capital of Norway”)

Derived terms

• oslodame
• oslodialekt
• osloenser
• Oslofeltet
• Oslofjorden
• oslofolk
• oslofrokost
• oslogutt
• oslokvinne
• oslolos
• oslomann
• Oslomarka
• oslomenneske
• oslomål
• oslopike
• Osloregionen
• Osloriften
• oslosildre
• oslosk
• Osloskolen
• oslotrygden
• Oslotunnelen

 

References

• “Oslo” in Store norske leksikon

Anagrams

• solo

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse Ósló, Ásló. The first element is disputed, but is likely from ǫ́ss, áss (“god; one of the Æsir”), from Proto-Germanic *ansuz. Another theory is that it comes from áss (“hill, beam”), from Proto-Germanic *ansaz, but this is unlikely. The second element is ló (“meadow”), from Proto-Germanic *lauhaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²uslu/
• IPA^(key): /²uʂlu/, [ˈú̞ʂ.l̠ǔ̞]

  • Audio:

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• Rhymes: -slu, -ʃlu
• Hyphenation: Os‧lo

Proper noun

Oslo

1. Oslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway)

Derived terms

• oslobu
• osloensar
• oslofolk
• oslogut
• oslojente
• oslomann
• Oslofjorden
• oslokvinne
• osloværing

Related terms

• Christiania, Kristiania (former names)

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Polish

Proper noun

Oslo n (indeclinable)

1. Oslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway)

Further reading

• Oslo in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Oslo in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian Oslo.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɔz.lu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɔz.lu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈɔʒ.lu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɔz.lo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɔʒ.lu/

• Hyphenation: Os‧lo

Proper noun

Oslo

1. Oslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway)

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ôslo/

Proper noun

Ȍslo n (Cyrillic spelling О̏сло)

1. Oslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway)

Declension

Declension of Oslo

	singular
nominative	Oslo
genitive	Osla
dative	Oslu
accusative	Oslo
vocative	Oslo
locative	Oslu
instrumental	Oslom

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Slovak

Etymology

From Norwegian Bokmål Oslo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɔslɔ]

Proper noun

Oslo n (genitive singular Osla, declension pattern of mesto)

1. Oslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway)

Usage notes

It is sometimes also undeclined.

Declension

Declension of Oslo

	singulare tantum
nominative	Oslo
genitive	Osla
dative	Oslu
accusative	Oslo
locative	Osle
instrumental	Oslom

Derived terms

• Osločan m
• Osločanka f
• osloský

References

• “Oslo”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoslo/ [ˈos.lo]

Proper noun

Oslo f

1. Oslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway)

Related terms

• oslense

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʊslʊ/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Oslo n (genitive Oslos)

1. Oslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway)

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Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /osɫo/

Proper noun

Oslo

1. Oslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway)

Declension

    declension of Oslo

	singular	plural
nominative	Oslo	Oslolar / Oslo'lar
accusative	Oslo'yu	Osloları / Oslo'ları
dative	Oslo'ya	Oslolara / Oslo'lara
locative	Oslo'da	Oslolarda / Oslo'larda
ablative	Oslo'dan	Oslolardan / Oslo'lardan
genitive	Oslo'nun	Osloların / Oslo'ların

    possessive of Oslo

	singular	plural
benim (my)	Oslo'm	Oslolarım / Oslo'larım
senin (your)	Oslo'n	Osloların / Oslo'ların
onun (his/her/its)	Oslo'su	Osloları / Oslo'ları
bizim (our)	Oslo'muz	Oslolarımız / Oslo'larımız
sizin (your)	Oslo'nuz	Oslolarınız / Oslo'larınız
onların (their)	Oslo'su / Osloları / Oslo'ları	Osloları / Oslo'ları

Derived terms

• Oslolu (“a person from Oslo”)