Tungevrier
Norwegian tongue twisters — train your pronunciation with the trickiest sounds in the language.
+5 XP per unique twister attempted
Ibsens ripsbusker og andre buskevekster
Ibsen's currant bushes and other bushy plants
The "rips-busk" cluster and repeating "-vekster" make this a classic.
Tre trær sto og trøstet hverandre
Three trees stood and comforted each other
Focus on the "tr-" cluster and the ø sound in "trøstet".
En sjømann kom til sjøs for sjøsykens skyld
A sailor came to sea for the sake of seasickness
The "sjø" sound (like "shuh") repeated rapidly. Keep your jaw loose.
Seks søstre satt og sydde seks sømmer
Six sisters sat and sewed six seams
The "s" and "s+ø" contrast and the soft "y" in "sydde".
Brun brød bakt av blå brødbakere
Brown bread baked by blue bakers
The "br-" cluster and the "ø" vowel in "brød".
Petter Pedersen puttet et pak i potten på porten
Petter Petersen put a pack in the pot at the gate
Pure "p" alliteration — let every "p" pop.
Røde Rødovre rådhus, røde Rødovre rådhus, røde Rødovre rådhus
Red Rødovre town hall (repeated 3×)
The rolled "r" and the "ø" vowel together. The fastest version wins.
Flyktningehjelpens fremmede flyktninger flyktet fra fremmede flyktningeleirer
The refugee aid's foreign refugees fled from foreign refugee camps
A real mouthful — "flyktning" alone is hard. Adding "hjelp" makes it epic.