Word of the day = Trekkspill (Dagens ord)

The word of the day is trekkspill, accordion. Lexin's definition: et musikkinstrument med tangenter og luftbelg til å holde i hendene, "a musical instrument with keyboard and bellows, held in the hands".

Trekkspillet is the definite singular ("the accordion").

Trekkspill is the indefinite plural ("accordions").

Trekkspillene is the definite plural ("the accordions").

Trekkspiller is "accordionist", one who plays the accordion.

Trekkspillernes, "the accordionists".

Toralf Tollefsen (1914-1994) was a famous accordionist from Fredrikstad. He began playing at the age of five, had a storied career in Norway and the UK as well as touring in America, and later in life was the founding president of the National Accordion Organisation of the United Kingdom.