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[–] 3 points 3 days ago* (4 children)

Here I am just wondering what the hell the right word is for butter, now. It's smør in my Norwegian-English dictionary and that was what I saw it as in shops when I was in Oslo this spring. I suspect it's less that the word for butter is entirely wrong, and more that it means lubrication in this context with the verb "å kjøre", which means "to drive."

I guess "Vi har sluppet opp for smør," would be closer to the right way, but my Norwegian still sucks, so I wouldn't be surprised if I picked the wrong option out of verbs listed under "run out" in the old Engelsk-Norsk Blå Ordbok, or even if I'm completely wrong.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

    One issue is that butter is in the definite (-en ending) which doesn't make sense to me. However, the word listed is the word I learnt from multiple sources as butter. I wonder if the definite ending is what changes the usage.

    ETA: I finished my coffee and noticed the obvious: smør for butter is neuter. In the definite (which I still think is incorrect here) it would be smøret not smøren. This is why grammatical gender and articles are important.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 days ago (2 children)

    No idea honestly. I did some Norwegian for a bit but not enough to learn what Butter is.

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