Adding a shortcut on your smartphone

The website, ordbøkene.no, has a responsive design. This means that the dictionary content adapts to screens of all sizes. If you wish to have a shortcut to Bokmålsordboka and Nynorskordboka on your smartphone, search for ordbøkene.no in the browser and place it as an icon on the screen. The icon looks like an app, and you can click right into the website without opening your browser.

• Open the welcome page of ordbokene.no in the browser.

• Safari (iPhone) 

  1. Select the share icon in the browser .
  2. From the double row of sub-options, select the icon "Add to Home Screen" You may need to drag the row from the right to get to the icon.

• Chrome 

  1. Open the main menu in the browser:
  2. A list of options appears. Select "Add to home page", a little down the list:
  3. A new window appears asking you to add ordbøkene.no to your home screen. Click "Add".

• Samsung Internet 

  1. Open the main menu in the browser:
  2. Click "Add page to" at the top right in the menu:
  3. Choose "Home screen" in the window that appears.

The icon is now on your home screen, and you can access the dictionary page directly by clicking on it.