No. 333 in Norwegian
mens
"Mens" in Norwegian means "while" or "whereas."
In a sentence
Jeg liker å lese bøker mens jeg hører på musikk.
I like to read books while listening to music.
In this sentence, 'mens' is used as a conjunction to indicate simultaneous actions happening at the same time.
Hun liker kaffe, mens jeg foretrekker te.
She likes coffee, whereas I prefer tea.
Here, 'mens' is used as a conjunction to contrast two different preferences or actions.
Mens vi venter, kan vi se på bilder.
While we wait, we can look at pictures.
In this case, 'mens' introduces a conditional temporal clause, suggesting an activity to do during a waiting period.
Hear it in real podcasts
The recording above is a synthetic voice. Hear how people say “mens” in actual Norwegian podcasts.
Find “mens” in podcastsLearn it from shows you like
LangTurbo plays Norwegian podcasts with a transcript and the English under every line. Tap a word like this one and it tells you what it means right there. For iPhone, iPad and Android.
Learning English?
LangTurbo plays real English podcasts with every line translated into norsk, and tells you what any word means in that sentence. For iPhone, iPad and Android.
Norwegian books and courses on Amazon (an affiliate link: a purchase through it supports this site).