Verb conjugator

Norwegian verb conjugation tables

Type any Norwegian verb, or pick one of 16 common ones, and see it fully conjugated in the present, past and future, for every person. The built-in verbs are the ones you meet first and use most, regular and irregular.

Quick answer

Norwegian verb conjugation is how a verb changes its ending, and sometimes its stem, to match the subject and the tense. This free tool lays out full tables for 16 of the most common Norwegian verbs across 3 core tenses. Pick a verb like være (to be) or være (to be), or type any Norwegian verb of your own to conjugate it on the spot.

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Showing være (to be) · irregular, copula and auxiliary verb (forms the stative passive)

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to be irregular, copula and auxiliary verb (forms the stative passive)
Presens
jeg er
du er
han/hun/den/det er
vi er
dere er
de er
Preteritum
jeg var
du var
han/hun/den/det var
vi var
dere var
de var
Perfektum
jeg har vært
du har vært
han/hun/den/det har vært
vi har vært
dere har vært
de har vært

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How Norwegian conjugation works

To conjugate a verb is to change its form to show who is doing the action (the subject) and when (the tense). In each table above, the subject runs down the left and the matching form sits beside it, across 3 core tenses: Presens, Preteritum, Perfektum.

Verbs split into regular and irregular. Regular verbs follow a fixed pattern you can apply to thousands of others once you learn it; the badge on each verb names its type (irregular, copula and auxiliary verb (forms the stative passive) for være, for example). Irregular verbs like være (to be) change in ways you memorize one by one, which is exactly why the most common verbs are so often the most irregular.

You do not learn these by staring at the grid. You learn them by meeting them, over and over, in real sentences until the pattern feels obvious. That is what reading does, and it is what reading in Lingo7 is built for: open a real book in Norwegian, tap any verb form to see its meaning, and the conjugations start to stick on their own.

Frequently asked questions

How do you conjugate Norwegian verbs?

To conjugate a Norwegian verb, you change its form to match the subject and the tense. Take være (to be): in the jeg form it is er now, var in the past, and har vært in the future. Regular verbs follow a fixed pattern by ending; irregular ones you learn one at a time. This tool shows the full table for each.

What are the most common Norwegian verbs?

The most common Norwegian verbs include være (to be), ha (to have), gå (to go, to walk), bli (to become, to be (passive auxiliary)), komme (to come), gjøre (to do, to make), si (to say, to tell), se (to see). These high-frequency verbs are also the most irregular in most languages, which is why they are worth drilling first. This tool has full present, past and future tables for all 16.

Is Norwegian verb conjugation hard?

Norwegian conjugation takes practice but follows clear rules. Regular verbs are predictable once you learn the endings; the real work is the handful of very common irregular verbs and knowing which tense to use. Norwegian is FSI Category I, about 750 hours to professional proficiency. The fastest way to make the forms automatic is to meet them again and again in real sentences, which is what reading does.

How many tenses does Norwegian have?

These three, Presens, Preteritum, Perfektum, are the core of everyday Norwegian and the right place to start. Real Norwegian also uses other moods and aspects (and, in most languages, extra compound tenses), but they build on the same stems and personal endings you see in these tables.