Meaning of kjønn | Babel Free

Definitions

1. descendants, (downward) lineage
   collective, dated, neuter
2. pronunciation spelling of tjørn
   alt-of, feminine, pronunciation-spelling
3. kind, species (a type, race or category)
   in-compounds, neuter, obsolete
4. pronunciation spelling of tjern
   alt-of, dialectal, neuter, pronunciation-spelling
5. sex or gender
   neuter
6. descendants, lineage (descent in a line from a common progenitor)
   collective, neuter
7. sex organ; genitalia
   neuter
8. sex (a category into which sexually-reproducing organisms are divided on the basis of their reproductive roles in their species)
   countable, neuter
9. erotic temperament
   neuter, uncountable
10. sex (the members of such a category, taken collectively)
    countable, neuter
11. a seed; seed potato
    dialectal, neuter
12. sex (women; the human female sex and those who belong to it)
    definite, literary, neuter, obsolete, uncountable
13. gender
    neuter
14. erotic temperament; sexuality (the quality of being sexual; that which is characterized or distinguished by sex)
    neuter, uncountable
15. gender (Identification as a man, a woman, or something else, and association with a (social) role or set of behavioral and cultural traits, clothing, etc; a category to which a person belongs on this basis, including a legal category.)
    countable, neuter
16. sex, genitalia (penis or vagina)
    countable, literary, neuter
17. gender (a division of nouns and pronouns (and sometimes of other parts of speech) into masculine or feminine, and sometimes other categories like neuter or common, and animate or inanimate)
    neuter

Examples

“naturlig kjønn”

biological sex

“det sterke kjønn”

the stronger sex; men (from Latin sexus potior)

“det svake kjønn”

the weaker sex; women (from Latin sexus sequior)

“det smukke kjønn”

the fairer sex; women (from French le beau sexe)

“det annet kjønn”

the second sex; women (from French le deuxième sexe)

“mange … interesserer sig for, hvorledes det tidligere sterkere kjøn gaar antrukket”

many… are interested in how the previously stronger sex is dressed

“det svake kjønn er ikke alltid så svakt som du tror, sa bestemoren irritert og skred videre”

the weaker sex is not always as weak as you think, said the grandmother annoyed and moved on

“en lidenskapelig tilbeder av det smukke kjøn”

a passionate worshiper of the fairer sex

“[Schuberts] oppførsel overfor det smukke kjønn var … så kjølig at Hiittenbrenner trodde at han ikke var tiltrukket av dem i det hele tatt”

[Schubert's] behavior toward the fairer sex was… so cool that Hiittenbrenner thought he was not attracted to them at all

“det var neppe godt for karrieren hvis en historiker interesserte seg for den handlekraft som historiefagets nestor la for dagen i sine forbindelser med det smukke kjønn”

it was hardly good for his career if a historian was interested in the power of action that the history major's nestor showed in his connections with the fairer sex

“av hensyn til egen bekvemmelighet bedrev vi [mannfolk] hensynsløs undertrykkelse av det annet kjønn”

for the sake of our own convenience, we [men] ruthlessly oppressed the opposite sex

“han skjønte at hvis han skulle oppnå kontakt med en vennlig representant for det annet kjønn, så måtte han veie sine ord”

he realized that if he was to make contact with a friendly representative of the second sex, he would have to weigh his words

“baren er kvinnens eneste jevnbyrdige rivalinne. Den er det tredje kjønn. Intetkjønn”

the bar is the woman's only equal rival. It is the third sex. Neuter

“Tyskland gir nå, som første land i Europa, foreldre mulighet til å krysse av for et «tredje kjønn» på fødselsattesten til barn med utypiske kjønnskarakteristikker”

Germany now, as the first country in Europe, gives parents the opportunity to check for a "third sex" on the birth certificate of children with atypical gender characteristics

“SV har … innført muligheten for å definere seg som et tredje kjønn i sine medlemslister”

SV has… introduced the possibility of defining itself as a third gender in its member lists

“kunstnerinder og kvinder, som driver handel, søger at dølge deres kjøn”

artists and women who trade seek to hide their gender

“men som disse unger i alder fra seks til fjorten, uden forskjel paa kjøn, tal og kasus, huserede i salonen!”

but as these children aged from six to fourteen, without distinction of sex, number and case, housed in the salon!

“hendes lange hænder er som morens fulde av ømhet, fulde av kjøn”

her long hands are like her mother's full of tenderness, full of sex

“Nicolai … var en udmærket smuk mand og gjorde stor lykke hos kjønnet, som han ogsaa var en ivrig tilbeder af”

Nicolai… was a very handsome man and made great happiness among the sexes, of which he was also an avid worshiper

“talerne til kjønnets pris”

the speakers at the price of gender

“[de] lo efter kjønnets skik høit og lydelig av ingenting”

[they] laughed according to the custom of sex loudly and loudly out of nowhere

“Aase Bye var Estelle. Hun er bare kjønn – og så litt rå forstand”

Aase Bye was Estelle. She's just sexuality - and so a little raw sense

“det er de stygge som elskes mest. De har mest kjøn”

it is the ugly who are loved the most. They have the most erotic temperament

“når det ikke var kjønn mellom dem, hadde de intet å si til hverandre”

when there was no sex between them, they had nothing to say to each other

“(det) tredje kjønn”

third gender

“kjønnet hans stod truende fra den svarte hårkransen”

his sex stood menacing from the black hair wreath

“han stod bak henne [kua] med vrengt, hamrende kjønn”

he stood behind her [the cow] with the inverted, hammering sex

“han så nedover seg selv og så kjønnet peke stivt ut i luften”

he looked down at himself and saw the sex pointing stiffly in the air

“[hun hadde] dynen halvveis over seg, så kjønnet hennes syntes”

[she had] the duvet half over her, so her sex could be seen

“kjønnet hans [vil] synke som en trist hundelabb fra fanget hennes”

his sex [will] sink like a sad dog paw from her lap

“hun kommer borti kjønnet hans, det er stivt”

she comes across his sex, it's stiff

“han førte hånden utålmodig ned til kjønnet hennes”

he brought his hand impatiently down to her sex

“adjektivene bøyes i kjønn, tall og grad”

the adjectives are inflected in gender, number and degree

“grammatisk kjønn”

grammatical gender

“Kva er kjønnet på det?”

What is its sex?