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- Used for all words of one syllable and most of those ending in -el , and -en and -er.
- The plurals of nouns with root vowel change e.g. bok -> b øker bøker and the present tense of strong verbs e.g. kommer take Tone 1.
- Di- or polysyllabic words of foreign origin with stress on syllables other than the first most often have Tone 1.
It starts rather low and rises towards the end of the word, e.g. ånden 'the spirit'.
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- Used for many words of two or more syllables.
- Noun and adjective plurals as well as most verb forms tend to have Tone 2.
- Nouns ending in -er (indicating someone who does something) have Tone 2.
It starts higher than Tone 1, dips and then rises to a higher pitch than where it began, e.g.:
ånden 'the breath'.