FromNorwegianOslo, fromOld NorseÓsló,Ásló f orn. The first element is disputed, but is likely fromǫ́ss,áss(“god; one of the Æsir”), fromProto-Germanic*ansuz. Another theory is that it comes fromáss(“hill, beam”), fromProto-Germanic*ansaz, but this is unlikely. The second element isló f orn(“meadow”), fromProto-Germanic*lauhō f,*lauhaz m (compare the suffix -ley in English place-names).
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Oslo m
Oslo n (relational adjectiveosloskýoroselský) or less commonly
Oslo n (indeclinable,relational adjectiveosloskýoroselský,demonymOslan)
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Oslo n
Oslo (accusativeOslon)
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Oslo ?
Oslo
| Inflection ofOslo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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| nominative | Oslo | — | |
| genitive | Oslon | — | |
| partitive | Osloa | — | |
| illative | Osloon | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Oslo | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Oslo | — |
| gen. | Oslon | ||
| genitive | Oslon | — | |
| partitive | Osloa | — | |
| inessive | Oslossa | — | |
| elative | Oslosta | — | |
| illative | Osloon | — | |
| adessive | Oslolla | — | |
| ablative | Oslolta | — | |
| allative | Oslolle | — | |
| essive | Oslona | — | |
| translative | Osloksi | — | |
| abessive | Oslotta | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Oslo f
Oslo n (proper noun,genitiveOslosor(optionally with an article)Oslo)
Oslo
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Oslo | — |
| accusative | Oslót | — |
| dative | Oslónak | — |
| instrumental | Oslóval | — |
| causal-final | Oslóért | — |
| translative | Oslóvá | — |
| terminative | Oslóig | — |
| essive-formal | Osloként | — |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | Oslóban | — |
| superessive | Oslón | — |
| adessive | Oslónál | — |
| illative | Oslóba | — |
| sublative | Oslóra | — |
| allative | Oslóhoz | — |
| elative | Oslóból | — |
| delative | Oslóról | — |
| ablative | Oslótól | — |
| non-attributive possessive – singular | Oslóé | — |
| non-attributive possessive – plural | Oslóéi | — |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | Oslóm | — |
| 2nd person sing. | Oslód | — |
| 3rd person sing. | Oslója | — |
| 1st person plural | Oslónk | — |
| 2nd person plural | Oslótok | — |
| 3rd person plural | Oslójuk | — |
Oslo f
Oslo ? ({{{2}}} declension)
FromOld NorseÓsló,Ásló, first part fromáss(“a god in Norse mythology”) + last part fromló(“meadow”).
Oslo
FromOld NorseÓsló,Ásló f orn. The first element is disputed, but is likely fromǫ́ss,áss(“god; one of the Æsir”), fromProto-Germanic*ansuz. The nameÓsló then comes from older*Ǫ́sló where theǫ́ is nasalised (whence the-n- inDutchAnsloo andLatinAnsloa), fromProto-Norse*ᚨᚾᛊᚢᛚᚨᚢᚺᚢ(*ansulauhu), fromProto-Germanic*ansuz(“god, deity”) +*lauhō f,[1][2]*lauhaz m(“clearing, meadow”). According to Sandnes and Stemshaug, the name has likely been around since before the first century.[3]
Another theory is that the first part comes fromáss(“hill, beam”), fromProto-Germanic*ansaz, but this is unlikely, as there would be no explanation foró- found inÓsló. The geologistTom V. Segalstad has claimed that it comes fromOld Norseufs(“steep mountainside”), based on theDanicised spellingOpsloe.[4] However, this form was never used in Norwegian, and various borrowings have-n- to signify a nasal vowel, whichufs would not have.
Cognates includeFaroese andIcelandicÓsló,DutchAnsloo and (alsoLow German)Anslo, andLatinAnsloa,Asloa,Osloa(Latinisations).
Between 1624 and 1925,Oslo referred to theold town of Oslo, a mediaeval town that burnt down in 1624. When the city was rebuilt, kingChristian IV of Denmark named the new cityChristiania (later spelling:Kristiania) after himself. During the 1800s, various authors would begin taking the old name back and the city officially changed its name toOslo in 1925. The location of the old town got the nameGamlebyen(literally“Old Town”), now a neighbourhood in the modern city.
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Oslo f
Oslo n (indeclinable,related adjectiveoslowski)
Oslo
Ȍslo n (Cyrillic spellingО̏сло)
Oslo n (genitivesingularOsla,declension pattern ofmesto)
Oslo f
Oslo
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Oslo | Oslolar /Oslo'lar |
| accusative | Oslo'yu | Osloları /Oslo'ları |
| dative | Oslo'ya | Oslolara /Oslo'lara |
| locative | Oslo'da | Oslolarda /Oslo'larda |
| ablative | Oslo'dan | Oslolardan /Oslo'lardan |
| genitive | Oslo'nun | Osloların /Oslo'ların |
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| benim(my) | Oslo'm | Oslolarım Oslo'larım |
| senin(your) | Oslo'n | Osloların Oslo'ların |
| onun(his/her/its) | Oslo'su | Osloları Oslo'ları |
| bizim(our) | Oslo'muz | Oslolarımız Oslo'larımız |
| sizin(your) | Oslo'nuz | Oslolarınız Oslo'larınız |
| onların(their) | Oslo'su Osloları Oslo'ları | Osloları Oslo'ları |
