tilfeldig

From German zufällig, compare with tilfelle (“instance, case, occurrence, incident”).

tilfeldig (neuter singular tilfeldig, definite singular and plural tilfeldige)

1. accidental, casual, occasional, incidental, random
2. (as an adverb) by coincidence

• vilkårlig

• tilfeldighet
• tilfeldigvis

• “tilfeldig” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• tilfelleleg, tilfellelig (non-standard since 2012)

From German zufällig, compare with tilfelle (“instance, case, occurrence, incident”).

tilfeldig (indefinite singular tilfeldig, definite singular and plural tilfeldige)

1. accidental, casual, occasional, incidental, random
2. (as an adverb) by coincidence

• tilfeldigvis

• “tilfeldig” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.