Ordbøkene
Bokmålsordboka and Nynorskordboka: definitions, inflections, examples and near matches for Norwegian words, from the University of Bergen and Språkrådet.
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Related sources
- Store norske leksikon – Encyclopedia articles for the words and the concepts they name.
- National Library of Norway – Books and digitized texts that use the words in context.
All lookup operations
Open HTML operations for navigation. The JSON link for each operation is only for programmatic data access.
Building software or a dashboard? List operation names as JSON, then open the selected operation's descriptor before fetching data.
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search_words– Search Bokmålsordboka and Nynorskordboka for a word.
HTML GET template -
get_article– Fetch one full Ordbøkene article by dictionary and article id.
HTML GET template
Programmatic access
First confirm the operation and parameters in HTML, then use the read-only JSON API.
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How an AI agent should use this page
Ground rule: Navigate with HTML GET links to keep explanations and relationships. Use the page's JSON alternative only when concrete values must be extracted, compared or computed.
How to use Ordbøkene
Bokmålsordboka and Nynorskordboka: definitions, inflections, examples and near matches for Norwegian words, from the University of Bergen and Språkrådet. Choose a search lookup first when you lack an identifier; use a detail lookup when you already have a stable ID.
- Read requirements, cache time and known usage limits.
- Open the lookup and use the HTML GET template.
- Follow normalized result links onward; use JSON only for structured data work.
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