NORWEGIAN SOUNDS.
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138. By their different musical accent are distinguished many pairs of otherwise consonous words. Monosyllabic words with the affixed definite article are, as far as the accent is concerned, considered as monosyllables.
| Simple or monosyllabic accent (‘) | Compound or dissyllabic accent (’) |
| Amen (pron. am‘mən), amen. | Ammen (pron. am’men) the west nurse. |
| Bönder (pr. Bønnər) plasants. | Bönner beans (sing. Bønne), Bönner prayers (sing. Bøn) pron. Bøn’nər. |
| Bund-en (‘nn) the bottom. | bunden (’nn) tied. |
| Dry-et (‘) the animal. | dyre expensive (plur.). |
| Haar-et (haa‘ret or haa‘re(t) the hair). | haar’et hairy. |
| Kok‘ken the cook (male, indefinite: Kok). | Kok’ke-n the cook (woman). |
| Lom‘men the loon (Colymbus arcticus, ind. Lom). | Lomm-en (’) the pocket. |
| Sval‘-en the balcony. | Svale-n the swallow. |
| Ul(d)en the wool. | ul(d)en woolly. |
| Jægar (name). | Jæger (hunter). |
| Möller (name). | Möller (miller). |
| (jeg) bærer (I) carry, (jeg) drager (I) draw. | Bærer carrier, (en) Drager (a) porter. |
| (jeg) lægger (I) lay. | Legger (pr. lægger) calves (of the legs). |
| (jeg) löber (p) (I) run. | Löber (p) runner. |
| (jeg) læser (I) read. | Læsar a reader. |
| (jeg) piber (pipər) (I) pipe. | Piber (pipər) pipes. |
| (jeg) skriver (I) write. | Skriver penman. |
| (jeg) sætter (I) set. | Sætter typesetter. |
| (jeg) sœl(g)er (I) sell. | Sœlger (g sounded) a seller. |
