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Note: vinterdag / sommerdag / høstdag / vårdag / våkveld vårkveld etc.  where in English we often would use s to mark posession i.e. summer's day.   

Adjective+noun

Søtsaker - sweet things i.e. sweets

Storby - a large city

Hurtigtog - fast train

Verb+noun

Skrivebok / skrivepaper - excercise book / writing paqper

Spisestue - dining room

Hoppetau - skipping rope

Preposition+noun

Overtro - superstition

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Underverden - under world

Noun+participle (often to do with some kind of catastrophe)

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Knivstukket / knivdrept - hurt / killed by knife

Adverb+noun

Nærmiljø - local community

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Innemenneske / utemenneske - person who prefers to be inside / outside 

Long words 

Some compound words can be extremely long, composed of three or more words: 

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