kvit

From Old Norse kvittr, from Middle Low German quit, from Medieval Latin quitus, quittus, from Latin quiētus (“quiet, calm”).

• IPA^(key): /kvit/, [ˈkʰvid̥]

kvit (neuter kvit, plural and definite singular attributive kvit)

1. free from debt
2. unencumbered

Borrowed from Norwegian Nynorsk kvit, and the Norwegian spoken language where Old Norse hv developed into kv. From Old Norse hvítr.

kvit (neuter singular kvitt, definite singular and plural kvite)

1. Alternative form of hvit (“white”)

• “kvit” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse hvítr, from Proto-Germanic *hwītaz. Akin to English white.

• IPA^(key): /kʋiːt/

kvit (neuter kvitt, definite singular and plural kvite, comparative kvitare, indefinite superlative kvitast, definite superlative kvitaste)

1. white

• svart

• kvitel m
• kviting m
• kvitna, kvitne
• kvitsunn f

Colors in Norwegian Nynorsk · fargar (layout · text)

kvit	grå	svart
raud	oransje; brun	gul
	grøn
(turkis)		blå
	rosa; lilla	rosa

• “kvit” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.