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Gaten var lang og natten var mørk, den unge damen... (conservative/literary)

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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To form the Indefinite plural add -(e)r to masculine (-en words) and to feminine (-a words) and to neutreto neuter.

Nouns ending in er only take -e in the Indefinite plural, e.g. en lærer - læreren - lærere.

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A few nouns almost always take the -a form: barn 'child', bein / ben 'bone/leg', dyr 'animal',ku  ku 'cow'

Barna er snille. 'The children are good.'

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Neuter compound words where the last element is a monosyllabic neutre neuter word follow the rule of monosyllabic neuter nouns e.g. et armbånd, arm+bånd (bracelet), et kjøleskap kjøle+skap (fridge/ literally cool cupborad cupboard, etc.

Et armbånd - to armbånd,

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