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NORWEGIAN BOKMÅL · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

varsle.

of a person, device, etc.: to notify, inform, alert, warn; to give information about something, often something dangerous, bad, important, or about to happen

6 characters2 syllables approx.Norsk bokmål language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈʋaʂ.lə/
  1. of a person, device, etc.: to notify, inform, alert, warn; to give information about something, often something dangerous, bad, important, or about to happen

    varsle luftangrep
  2. of a person, device, etc.: to notify, inform, alert, warn; to give information about something, often something dangerous, bad, important, or about to happen to send a formal notice

  3. of a person, device, etc.: to notify, inform, alert, warn; to give information about something, often something dangerous, bad, important, or about to happen to announce that only five minutes remain of a lesson

    historical
  4. of a person, device, etc.: to notify, inform, alert, warn; to give information about something, often something dangerous, bad, important, or about to happen to warn, alert, raise the alarm

  5. of a person, device, etc.: to notify, inform, alert, warn; to give information about something, often something dangerous, bad, important, or about to happen of behavior, appearance, a sign, etc.: to indicate, show, reveal, foretell

  6. of a person, device, etc.: to notify, inform, alert, warn; to give information about something, often something dangerous, bad, important, or about to happen of behavior, appearance, a sign, etc.: to indicate, show, reveal, foretell to give a sign through a vardøger

  7. to report, notify about; to report something, often something objectionable, dangerous, or unlawful, that has happened

    de varslet om uheldige forhold på arbeidsplassen
    myndighetene ble varslet om kritikkverdige forhold i bedriften
  8. to portend, foreshadow, presage; to be a sign or omen that something, especially something dangerous or bad, will happen

    Meteorologisk institutt varsler regn.
  9. to portend, foreshadow, presage; to be a sign or omen that something, especially something dangerous or bad, will happen of an event, sign, etc.: to predict, foretell, announce beforehand

  10. to portend, foreshadow, presage; to be a sign or omen that something, especially something dangerous or bad, will happen to forecast, predict a type of weather

Where this word comes from

From varsel (“alert, notification, warning; omen”) + -e (“verb-forming suffix”). The noun varsel is from vare (“to warn, alert; be careful”), from Old Norse vara (“to make aware, warn”). Compare Danish varsle and Swedish varsla (“to notify, warn”).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.