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hals.

a neck (the part of the body connecting the head and the trunk found in humans and some animals.)

4 characters1 syllables approx.Norsk bokmål language

Meaning & usage

noun/hals/
  1. a neck (the part of the body connecting the head and the trunk found in humans and some animals.)

    masculine
    sitte til halsen i
    kaste seg om halsen på
  2. a neck (the part of the body connecting the head and the trunk found in humans and some animals.) Used in fixed expressions related to execution by decapitation.

    literary · masculine
    være om en hals
    gi sin hals på noe
  3. a nape (the back part of the neck.)

    masculine
  4. a nape (the back part of the neck.) Used in fixed expressions related to draft animals carrying something.

    masculine
    få/ha noe(n) på halsen; skaffe seg noe(n) på halsen
    ha noe(n) fra halsen; skaffe seg noe(n) fra halsen
  5. a throat (the front part of the neck; as well as the gullet or windpipe.)

    masculine
    ha gråten i halsen
    ha tungen ut av halsen
  6. a throat (the front part of the neck; as well as the gullet or windpipe.) Used in certain set expressions related to the consumption of food

    masculine
    å sette i halsen
    få/ha i halsen
  7. a throat (the front part of the neck; as well as the gullet or windpipe.) Used in certain set expressions related to the throat and vocal chords.

    masculine
    av full hals
    gi hals
  8. a garment that covers the neck a neck (the part of a shirt, dress etc., which fits a person's neck.)

    masculine
  9. a garment that covers the neck a type of neckwarmer, primarily for children, which is worn over the head and covers the neck and chest

    masculine
  10. narrow object or part of an object which resembles a neck

    figuratively · masculine
  11. narrow object or part of an object which resembles a neck a neck (the extension of any stringed instrument on which a fingerboard is mounted.)

    figuratively · masculine
  12. narrow object or part of an object which resembles a neck a vertical stroke (up or down) from the head of a note

    figuratively · masculine
  13. narrow object or part of an object which resembles a neck a narrow part of bone, organ etc.

    figuratively · masculine
  14. narrow object or part of an object which resembles a neck a narrow piece of land between two waters or mountains

    dialectal · figuratively · masculine
  15. narrow object or part of an object which resembles a neck a narrow inlet to a fjord or a bay; narrow part at the mouth of a valley

    dialectal · figuratively · masculine
  16. narrow object or part of an object which resembles a neck the front lower corner of a sail; a waist which holds this corner in place during sailing

    figuratively · masculine
    ligge for styrbords/babords halser
    hals og skjøt!
  17. narrow object or part of an object which resembles a neck a short board or plank in the hull nearest the stems of a vessel

    figuratively · masculine
  18. narrow object or part of an object which resembles a neck a short board or plank in the hull nearest the stems of a vessel a part of the two upper bottom tables that abut up to the lot (of a Nordland boat)

    figuratively · masculine
  19. narrow object or part of an object which resembles a neck the front part of an open sailboat (at the neck of the square rig)

    dialectal · figuratively · masculine
  20. narrow object or part of an object which resembles a neck opening of a mold through which a metal is poured

    figuratively · masculine
  21. narrow object or part of an object which resembles a neck a narrow descent to a basement

    figuratively · masculine
  22. Used to form certain specific set nouns related to a person.

    masculine · metonymically
Where this word comes from

From Old Norse hals (“neck”), from Proto-Germanic *halsaz (“neck, throat”), from Proto-Indo-European *kólsos. Cognate with English halse, Dutch hals, German Hals, Swedish hals and Danish hals.

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