Definition

by translates to city / town in English.

Example sentence

Oslo er Norges hovedstad.

Uses by in a typical places context.

How to use this word

by means "city / town" in Norwegian. It's a places word commonly used in everyday Norwegian. You'll see by in conversations about places, in textbooks, and in short phrases you'll hear in Norway. As a A1-level word in the CEFR scale, it's one of the first you should learn — master by early and dozens of related sentences become instantly easier to follow.