How to Say "Tornado" in Norwegian

tornado

masculine

In Norwegian, the word for tornado is tornado. Wiktionary also lists skypumpe and virvelstorm.

Meaning: violent windstorm (noun)

Ways to say it

All provided forms refer to a violent windstorm.

The word virvelstorm is a compound consisting of virvel, meaning whirl or vortex and storm, meaning storm.

While tornado is the standard term, you may also encounter skypumpe, virvelstorm or kvervelstorm.

The masculine noun tornado becomes the definite form tornadoen (the tornado) by adding the suffix -en. The plural form is tornadoer (tornadoes).

The word skypumpe literally translates to 'cloud pump'. It describes the way a tornado looks as if it is pumping the ground up into the sky.
The word tornado entered Norwegian through English, but its ultimate ancestor is the Spanish word tronada, which means 'thunderstorm'.
The term kvervelstorm uses the word kvervel, which is closely related to the word for a 'millstone' or 'grinding' motion.

Ziri overlevde tornadoen.
Ziri survived the tornado.
This sentence is useful for seeing how to use the definite form tornadoen.
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Marit var vitne til en ødeleggende tornado i Texas.
Marit witnessed a devastating tornado in Texas.
Jeg leste om en tornado i avisen i dag.
I read about a tornado in the newspaper today.
Vi har øvd på å tegne tornadoer i kunstklassen.
We have been practicing drawing tornadoes in art class.
Er det vanlig med tornadoer i denne delen av Norge?
Are tornadoes common in this part of Norway?
En kraftig tornado traff byen.
A powerful tornado hit the city.
De så en tornado på TV.
They saw a tornado on TV.

Ingrid and Kristoffer are watching a weather report on the news.

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