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However, there are common gender words that almost exclusively takes the feminine form (ei in the singular Indefinite and -a in the singular Definite):
jente 'girl', kjerring 'old woman (derogatory)', hytte 'hut/cabin/simmer house', bikkje 'dog', geit 'goat', ku 'cow', høne 'hen', gate 'street', bygd 'village/settlement', li 'hillside', myr 'bog', mark, meadow, øy 'island'
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A few nouns almost always take the -a form: barn 'child', bein / ben 'bone/leg', dyr 'animal', krøtter ku 'cow'
Barna er snille. 'The children are good.'
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