Basque Nouns
Learning the Basque Nouns is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you master it the more you get closer to mastering the Basque language. But first we need to know what the role of Nouns is in the structure of the grammar in Basque.
Basque nouns are words used to name a person, animal, place, thing, or abstract ideas. Nouns are usually the most important part of vocabulary. Here are some examples:
| English Nouns | Basque Nouns |
| nouns | izanak |
| my car | nire autoa |
| green car | auto berdea |
| three cars | hiru auto |
| car garage | auto garajea |
| outside the car | auto kanpoan |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Nouns in Basque has a logical pattern. Locate the Nouns above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Euskara.
List of Nouns in Basque
Below is a list of the Nouns and Words in Basque placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Basque vocabulary.
| English Nouns | Basque Nouns |
| arm | besoa |
| back | bizkarra |
| cheeks | masailak |
| chest | bularra |
| chin | kokotsa |
| ear | belarria |
| elbow | ukondoa |
| eye | begi |
| face | aurpegia |
| finger | hatz |
| fingers | hatzak |
| foot | oina |
| hair | ilea |
| hand | eskua |
| head | burua |
| heart | bihotza |
| knee | belauna |
| leg | hanka |
| lip | ezpaina |
| mouth | ahoa |
| neck | lepoa |
| nose | sudurra |
| shoulder | sorbalda |
| stomach | sabela |
| teeth | hortzak |
| thigh | izterra |
| throat | eztarria |
| thumb | erpuru |
| toe | behatza |
| tongue | mihia |
| tooth | Hortza |
Nouns and Words have a very important role in Basque, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with the Euskara Nouns, you might want to check the rest of our Basque lessons here: Learn Basque. Don't forget to bookmark this page.