skog

From the same Proto-Algonquian source *aθko·ka (“snake”) as Mohegan-Pequot skok, Unami xkuk.

skog (animate, plural skogak)

1. a snake

• skau

From Old Norse skógr, from Proto-Germanic *skōgaz.

• IPA^(key): /skuːɡ/

skog m (definite singular skogen, indefinite plural skoger, definite plural skogene)

1. forest, wood

• “skog” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• skau (dialectal)

From Old Norse skógr, from Proto-Germanic *skōgaz.

• IPA^(key): /skuːɡ/

skog m (definite singular skogen, indefinite plural skogar, definite plural skogane)

1. forest, wood
   • 1647, “LAnte oster Kraakelund”, in Den fyrste morgonblånen, Oslo: Novus, published 1990, page 38:

     Ikodne blæs i Lurin uti Skogien.

     The squirrel blew the horn out in the forest.

For other derived terms, refer to skog (Bokmål)

• “skog” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Old Swedish skōgher, from Old Norse skógr, from Proto-Germanic *skōgaz.

• IPA^(key): [skuːɡ]

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skog c or m

1. forest, wood
2. (school slang) Short for skogsbruk (“forestry”), an orientation of the naturbruksprogrammet (“the natural resource use programme”)

   Jag går skog.

   I study forestry at the natural resource use programme.

   (literally, “I go forest.”)

• skog in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)