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Norwegian Tongue Twisters
Tungeknekkjarar / Tungeknekkere

1st International Collection of Tongue Twisters
www.tongue-twister.net/no.htm © 1996-2018 by Mr.Twister

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Du ska ikkje kalle Kalle for Kalle, selv om moren til Kalle kallar Kalle for Kalle, ska'kje du kalle Kalle for Kalle, for Kalle hetar egentlig Karl.

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Ein hælv kælv låg i elva og flaut på ein sælapinne.

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Russiske ripsbusker og andre russiske ripsbuskvekster.

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Åtte kopper upoppet popkorn.

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En hoinn svømte over Tromsø soinn med et oillteppe i moinn.

dialect from Tromsø

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Hadde jeg hatt den hatten jeg hadde hatt, så hadde jeg hatt en hatt jeg òg!

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Fem flate flyndrer på et flatt fat.

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Klokka på Ringerike ringer ikke, derfor måtte Ringerike flytte til Rommerike. Men Rommerike rommet ikke Ringerike, derfor måtte Ringerike være der det var.

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En hælv kælv låg i ælva å fløt.

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Leika dåkkå dåkkå mæ dåkkå dåkkå då?

dialect from Romsdal on the Norwegian coast

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Gnage kuknoker.

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Voksen bokser vasker bukser.

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Fire fine hvite fisker på et fint hvitt fiske-fat.

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Labba langs ælva i pælær å tyggær koe.

Porsgrunn dialect

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Far, får får får? Nei, får får ikke får, får får lam.

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Byens beste baker Bjørn Brun, baker bare brune brendte berlinerboller.

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Hardanger Sunnhordlandske Dampskipsselskap

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Fisker'n Finn fiska fersk fisk forige fredag.

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Det ringer ikke på Ringeriket,
så Ringeriket er flyttet til Romerike,
men Romerike rommer ikke Ringerike,
så Ringerike må være der det er!

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Det var nesten, sa presten, da hesten til presten tråkket på lesten til presten.

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Æ E A Å Edø.

dialect of Kristiansand and Mandal, South Norway

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Rabarbrablad

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Det var en gang en sebra som ikke kunne se bra.
Så gikk han til en sebra som kunne se bra.
Så lærte den sebraen som kunne se bra,
den sebraen som ikke kunne se bra å se bra!

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Laksefisker, torskefisker

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Langesundsfjordens Indremisjonsselskaps hundreårsjubileum

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Stekt torsk, kokt torsk.

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Takpapp, veggpapp, papp og papir.

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Hajjn hunn i bajjn

from the magazine Pyton, "How to speak the Trønder dialect

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Æ e i A.
Æ e i A æ å !

dialect from northern Norway

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En djerv dvergbjerk

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Pappa pakker pappkasser.

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Ibsens ripsbusker og andre buskvekster.

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Å er'e for vær hærræ være' her er æ,
blir vær' og vær' hærræ være' her, jo!

dialect of the Østfold district

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De' lå en hælldau æLjekæLv å' fLaut i AuLiæLvæ.

dialect from inner Vestfold county (capital "L" represents "thick" l)

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Italienerinnenes snadderensemaskinfabrikkeri

Bergen dialect

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Piken til kongen har rødt krøllete hår.

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En Konstantinopeliansk fiolinkassemakersvenn

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Eks-elskerinneaspiranten inspirerte elskerinneaspiranten

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Fisker'n Finn fiska fersk fisk forige fredag.

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Det er ikkje berre berre å berre kome her og berre bere berenett!

by Jørn Støylen

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Ein hælv dau kælv, låg i ælva å flaut!

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Det satt ei skattu på hafeilla å plukka tælla tyting onde sjoggen.

dialect of Gudbrandsdalen

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Lille snille Pernille griller piller på Nilles grill, mens lille Ville triller Pernilles snille krokodille som spiller trekkspill.

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Kristine kjøper kjøttkaker hos kjøpmannen i Kjellstad.

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Fraktmann Frans Fransen fra Farsund, frakter femten fine fruer fra Fredrikstad, forbi Ferder Fyr. Fruene framfører fryktelige forferdelige fiser for Fraktmann Frans Fransen fra Farsund.

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Høyesterettsjustitiarius sysselsettes i et forlystelsesetablissement.

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Nye børster børster bedre enn gamle børster børster.

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Konstantinopolitanerinnenespiperengjørelsesmaskinerier

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En vill mannj med hannj honnj i bannj og et fullt spannj med vannj.

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kjyrkje skutjen

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RaLejaLe hemmat i høssølæssom å naumøLa spikkjipørse.

dialect of Haltdalen, middle Norway (capital "L" represents "thick" l)

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Dom som sier dom er domme, dom er domme dom.

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Hypernevrokustiskediafragmakontravibrasjoner

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Det satt ei skattu på hafeillla å plukka tælla tyting onde sjoggen.

dialect from the Northern part of the valley Gudbrandsdalen

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De'e fåttå ti hafella!

dialect of the Southern Gudbrandsdalen valley

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Trudderudderanntann?

dialect from Eastern Norway

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Dattata?

dialect from Eastern Norway

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BATACTQAVTITIA

diaelct from Eastern Norway

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Ké U?
Ka Va U Va?

Stavanger dialect

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Når biskopen gisper, brister biskopens gipsgebiss.

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Kappe, putte, pakke, kutte

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Hadde jeg bare hatt et apografifotografat hadde jeg fotogra-faenmeg-fert.

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En bar barbar bar en bar barbar i en bar.

Rough Translations

You're not supposed to call Kalle for Kalle, even though Kalle's mother calls Kalle for Kalle, aren't you supposed to call Kalle for Kalle, because Kalle's real name is Karl
A half calf was floating in the river on a log.
Russian currant bushes and other russian currant bush vegetation.
Eight cups of un-popped popcorn.
A dog swam across Tromsø bay with a wool blanket in its mouth
Had I had the hat I had had, I would have had a hat too!
Five flat fishes on a flat plate.
The bell in Ringerike doesn't ring. So Ringerike had to move to Romerike (another place). But there wasn't enough room in Rommerike for Ringerike, and that's why Ringerike had to stay where it was.
Half a calf lay floating in the river.
Are you playing with dolls, are you?
To chew the legs (knee) of a cow.
An adult boxer is washing trousers.
Four fine white fishes on a fine white fish plate/tray.
Walking by the river in wellingtons and chewing gum.
Father do sheep have sheep? No sheep don't have sheep sheep have lambs.
The best baker of town, baker Bjørn Brun (literally : Bear Brown), will only be baking burnt brown buns filled with vanilla custard.
Hardanger: Area of the west coast of Norway Sunnhordland: Neighboring area to Hardanger Dampskipsselskap: Steamship-company. HSD (for short) is a transportation company, visit their homepage here: www.hsd.no
Finn The Fisher fished fresh fish last friday.
It doesn't ring at Ringeriket, so Ringeriket is moved to Romeriket, but Romeriket is not big enough for Ringeriket, so Ringeriket has to stay where it is!
That was close, said the priest, when the priest's horse stepped on the sock of the priest.
Æ = I [Jeg], E = am [er], A = out [ute], Å = for [for å], Edø = dinner [spise]. I'm off for dinner.
Rubarb leaf
Once upon a time, there was a zebra who couldn't see well. Then he went to a zebra who could see well. Then the zebra who could see well, taught the zebra who couldn't see well, to see well.
Salmoniformes, Gadiformes (names of the orders of fish to which the salmon and cod belong) see Fiskeliste
The hundred year anniversary of the inner mission company of Langesundsfjord
Fried codfish, boiled codfish.
Roof paper, wallpaper, cardboard and paper.
male dog in collar
The school inspector asks, "which class are you in?" the answer is "I am in A" (Æ e i A) then he asks another boy "what class are you in then" he answers "I am in A I too" (Æ e i A æ å).
A bold dwarf birchtree.
Daddy piles up cardboard boxes.
Ibsen's currant bushes and other shrubby plants.
What kind of weather is this here weather, (it) gets worse and worse this weather here, (yo).
A half-dead elk calf was floating in the Auli river.
Italian's (females) factory of pipecleaner-machines.
The King's daughter has red curly hair.
A Constantinopolean violin box maker's friend
The former "trainee-mistress" inspired the current "trainee-mistress
Finn The Fhisher fished fresh fish last friday.
You can't just come here and just carry carrying bags!
A half dead calf was floating in the river.
A magpie sat on the fence (of felled trees), picking frozen (mountain) cranberries under the snow.
Lille(little) snille(nice) Pernille(a name) griller(barbecues) piller(pills(medisines)) på(on) Nilles(a name) grill(grill), mens(while) lille(little) Ville(a name) triller(are rolling) Pernilles(a name) ville(wild) krokodille(crokodile) som(who) spiller(plays) trekkspill(the harmonica)
Kristine buys meatballs from the Salesman in Kjellstad (place).
Transportman Frans Fransen from Farsund (town in Norway), transports 15 fine ladies from Fredrikstad (town in Norway) past Ferder Fyr (famous lighthouse). The ladies preform terrible horrible farts for transportman Frans Fransen from Farsund.
High court judge is working in an amusement park.
New brushes brush better than old brushes brush.
a machine in Constantinople ...
A wild man with a dog in in his hand and a bucket full of water.
church gable
Walking unsteady over the field, going towards home, wearing nothing but socks on your feet and eat a salami.
Those who says that they are stupid, they are stupid themself.
Medical term for hickup
A magpie was sitting on the fence eating frozen cowberries under the snow.
The fence is burning!
Did you think it was dripping?
Did she fall off?
Ask Thea to look after the cows around 10 o'clock.
First you ask what time it is. In the second sentence you want it repeated if you didn't hear it the first time. Ké = What is [Hva er] U = the time [klokka]. Ka = What [Hva] Va = was [var det] U = it(the time) [klokka] Va = was [var].
When the bishop gasps, the bishop's denture cracks.
Chop, put, pack, cut
If I only had a "apografifotografat" (nonsense variation of the word "photocamera", non-translatable) then I would take some damn photographs.
A bare (naked) barbarian carried a bare (naked) barbarian in a bar.

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