sjø

From Old Norse sjór, sjár, sær, from Proto-Germanic *saiwiz.

sjø m (definite singular sjøen, indefinite plural sjøer, definite plural sjøene, genitive sjøs)

1. a sea, ocean
2. a lake (see also innsjø)

• (ocean): hav

• “sjø” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse sjór, sjár, sær, from Proto-Germanic *saiwiz. Akin to English sea.

• sjo
• sjå, sæ (in placenames)

• IPA^(key): /ʃøː/, /sjøː/

sjø m (definite singular sjøen, indefinite plural sjøar, definite plural sjøane) (genitive form sjøs)

1. a sea, ocean
2. a lake (see also innsjø)

• (ocean): hav, mar-

• “sjø” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Contraction of ser du? (“do you see?”) or skjønner du (“y'know”)

sjø

1. (dialectal, Trøndelag) Used as a rhetorical question to confirm agreement or understanding at the end of a statement.

   Æ veit ikkj, sjø. ― I don’t know.

   Ho kainn det sjø, men no e ho klar som faen. ― She can it, y'know, but now she is exhausted as hell.

   Det va itj mæ, sjø. ― It wasn't me, y'know.

• ass
• skjønner du, skjønnerru
• vettu, veit du