Norwegian Pocket Dictionary (Berlitz Pocket Dictionary)

This book is truly pocket sized. For its size I am very happily surprised at the amount of content it holds! There is a very good selection of words which are easy to find due to standing out in a pleasant blue color. There are Norwegian to English and English to Norwegian sections as well as common phrases, some measurements, abbreviations, telling time, numbers and some basic information on grammar. An excellent little book!

It was smaller than I thought it was going to be, but for as small as it is, it sure does come in handy. There are several entries in here. I Skype with a few Norwegian friends and some of them seem truly impressed that I am learning the vocabulary fairly quickly! I'm still learning, but this dictionary is helping me out in many ways, and it does fit snugly inside any shirt pocket. May I also recommend getting Say It in Norwegian (Dover Language Guides Say It Series) , which is also another book that fits nicely inside shirt pockets and NORWEGIAN in 10 minutes a day® with CD-ROM (this one won't fit in any pocket... it is a bigger book) along with this dictionary? Work through these if you are going to Norway. Most people there do speak English, but there are a few who don't. Those who don't are mainly older folks. With the North Sea Oil drilling going on, Norway and the UK are working closely together, which may explain why so many of the young ones can speak English fluently. Regardless, it shows everyone just how much one appreciates the country and the culture by learning how to converse (it need not be difficult sentences) in the home tongue. Most Norwegians appreciate visitors for this! It's like a compliment for them, that someone would take the money and the time to really get to know the place.... And, oh yeah. Say "takk" a lot! That means "thank you." If someone does a huge favor for you, say "tusen takk" which means "a thousand thanks!" That gets them right in the old ticker! Now this and the other two books will only get you by if you are visiting. You won't be learning how to really speak Norsk/Norwegian until you delve in deeper. But this is definitely a start in the right direction. To become more proficient, you may want to meet some Norwegians online, like on Facebook, and start talking away... Good luck in all your endeavors!

I bought this dictionary to assist in my ancestry research, which travels back to Norway on all accounts. This dictionary is helpful in most translations, however, there are words that aren't in there. I suspect they may be a specific dialect, or I'm just not looking in the right place. I also plan to bring this with me when my parents and I travel back to Norway in the near future. It's a great size, and gives you all the basics, as well as a section with common phrases, words, etc.

Just what I wanted. I had one of these in French that saved my bacon out in the country where fewer people speak English. I trust this one will serve me well in Norway. Small yet effective.

I bought this Norwegian Pocket Dictionary for my teenaged granddaughter, who is no scholar, when she was spending a week's vacation with the family of my daughter's Norwegian exchange student. His younger sister is her age, and I thought it might help them enjoy their short time together. I also bought her Norway - Culture Smart!: the essential guide to customs & culture . She looked that one over before the trip, but elected to take the dictionary along, and the two girls did use and enjoy it. They behaved like two normal kids at first, essentially ignoring one another, but became close if temporary friends when they had a chance to be alone together in family lodgings in New York City. I feel quite clever for having found the two books for her, online and delivered to my door.

This dictionary is very handy. I can use it every where, every time. There are words not in the book, but it's still good.

Very good and useful book. The binding of the book is pretty weak and it broke within a day unfortunately

A great dictionary. Doesn't have every word I've looked for, but it has the important ones. Its a great size and the layout makes it easy to find words.

It is fine

Eu gostei. Eu comprei por causa de querer ter uma noção deste idioma.

i am learning Norwegian because i want to go out there one day i am actual norwegian but i never got round to learning it as i was born in England this book is very helpful!

ノルウェー語を知りたいというならぜひ買っておきたいのがこの書。小さいけど実用性がありしかも英語対応というので英語の勉強もできるという優れもの。北欧言語四天王の一角を作っている言語だけにここはぜひそろえたいところ。巻末の簡単な文章集は必見。手軽に持ち運びできるので思い立ったときに開いてみることが出来興味そそる逸品。ぜひとも購入をお勧めします。

The reason that it's smaller than people were expecting is because it's smaller than the description given (for the 2007 edition). What you are getting now is the 2011 edition at 7.5 x 10.6 x 1.8 cm. Same number of pages so the print font will be smaller I would say. Still a useful little dictionary that won't wear out your pocket and now uses less trees.