abbor

Norwegian Bokmål

abbor (perch)

Etymology

Common nordic root, compare Old Danish aghborre (“perch”) and Old Swedish aghborre / aborre (“perch”), the beginning of the word probably comes from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp, pointed”) + the end of the word comes from Proto-Germanic *burzô. Cognate with Danish aborre (“perch”), Norwegian Nynorsk åbor, Swedish abborre (“perch”), Elfdalian abuorr (“perch”), as well as cognate with German Barsch (“perch”) and English barse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈabːɔr/

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• Rhymes: -ɔr
• Hyphenation: ab‧bor

Noun

abbor m (definite singular abboren, indefinite plural abborer, definite plural abborene)

1. (zoology) a perch, specifically the European perch (Perca fluviatilis)

   jeg har aldri fått annet enn abbor da jeg har vært på fisketur

   I have never caught anything but perch when I have been on a fishing trip

   • 1949, Østlendingen:

     det [var] ikke sjeldent å få nøgda av øbbør og gjedde på fisketurene

     it [was] not uncommon to get enough of perch and pike on fishing trips

   • 1968, Glåmdalen:

     enda [biter] åboren villig i mange sjøer og tjern

     yet [bites] the perch willingly in many lakes and ponds

   • 1976, Torfinn Haukås, Svindlere, page 24:

     det skal være bra med harr og røye. Men jeg har aldri fått annet enn abbor

     grayling and char should be good. But I have never had anything but perch

   • 2008, Karsten Alnæs, Bakenfor alle farger:

     det hendte at vi en mørk kveld greide å fange en ørret eller helst en abbor i noen av hølene under brua

     it happened that one dark night we managed to catch a trout or preferably a perch in some of the ponds under the bridge

Synonyms

• (all dialectal) tryte, skjebbe and åbor

Derived terms

• abborbråte
• abborfamilien
• abborfiske
• abborfisker
• abborgress
• abborruse
• abboryngel

References

• “abbor” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “abbor” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “abbor” in Store norske leksikon

Anagrams

• robba