Arguments

Agent, Theme given, counter-Theme, Partner · Norwegian Bokmål cloth · working claim, revisable

Agent · subject of bytte, bytte inn, bytte ut, bytte bort, bytte om, veksle, utveksle · a full noun phrase has no case ending · jeg is the subject form · dem after med is the object form · noen has one shape

Theme given · direct object, where the clause has one · plass · plasser · frimerker · slipset · den gamle bilen · den stillingen · en tier · euroene · fanger · lappene

counter-Theme received · NAOB sense 1.1 heads this as det man får isteden and prints i, mot, and med under that heading · Bokmålsordboka prints for on bytte bort · the four prepositions are not one printed slot

mot on bytte til seg · Bokmålsordboka en sykkel mot et par ski · the object is what is received · mot is what is given · NAOB’s gloss of the same expression is få (noe) mot å avstå noe annet · the NAOB example of bytte til seg has no mot-phrase

Partner · med + noun phrase · Bokmålsordboka med dem, no object · NAOB bytte plass med noen · the same med also introduces the new thing on bytte inn and on bytte ut

No object · jeg ville ikke ha byttet med dem · undertøy og badetøy byttes ikke · knapt et ord ble utvekslet

Reciprocal places · plural subject and plass or plasser · de byttet plass · elevene byttet plasser · no seg on those lines · rollene var byttet om and rollene er fullstendig byttet om

Particles inn, ut, bort, om · printed after the verb, or, on Øverland, after the object · Bokmålsordboka’s infinitive puts inn before the object · a finite clause with the object between the verb and inn is unprinted

Where the Norwegian frame diverges from the English gloss exchange X for Y with Z. Cambridge, on the lines the German page cites, prints exchange something for something and exchange sth with sb as separate patterns, and currency as exchange sth into sth. English for is the thing received. English with is the partner. No Cambridge line opened on that page stacks with and for in one clause. NAOB’s heading for the thing received is one line, med angivelse av det man får isteden, and the filled marks under it are three: han byttet slipset i et par sokker, Lahlum byttet den stillingen mot noen annen plass, and Ibsen bytter ej med nogen romers hæder. Bokmålsordboka prints a fourth, for, on a different particle: hun ville ikke bytte bort dette for noe. for is unprinted on the NAOB bytte examples opened here. The partner is med when the noun is a person: med dem, med noen. That med is also the new car, den gamle bilen med en ny, and the replacement, byttet ut … med tusjpennen.

mot does not keep one direction. On Lahlum, and under NAOB’s heading of what one gets, the object is the post one has and mot is the other post. On Bokmålsordboka’s bytte til seg, the object is the bicycle one receives and mot et par ski is what one gives. NAOB’s gloss of bytte til seg agrees with that direction, få (noe) mot å avstå noe annet, and the filled NAOB example names the instruments and no mot-phrase. Older spelling mod is Ibsen’s, byttet bort mod hverdagsdragten and bytted jeg mod kamp og klage. The page records mod as printed.

i is the thing received, and i is a place. NAOB’s tie is i et par sokker. Nesbø’s trade-in is byttes inn i en SUV. Currency is the same i on both dictionaries: Bokmålsordboka veksle en tier i to femmere and veksle euroene i norske penger, NAOB veksle en femtilapp i tikroner and veksle dollar i norsk mynt. Bokmålsordboka’s bytte tog i Hamburg has i as the place. The noun i bytte is a third phrase: får eplesaft i bytte, NAOB hva gir du meg i bytte?. That i belongs to the noun.

Places · who wears which marking

The subject is the person who gives a thing and takes another, when the clause has that subject. The thing given is the direct object, when the clause has one. i, mot, and med are printed for the thing received, and for is printed on bytte bort. med of a person is the partner. mot on bytte til seg is the thing given. plass and plasser are the reciprocal object. The particles stand with the verb in the orders the articles print.

i, mot, med, for · the thing received

✓ han byttet slipset i et par sokker. NAOB · bytte 1.1 · det man får isteden · i

✓ byttet den stillingen mot noen annen plass. NAOB · Lahlum · mot the other post

✓ bytter ej med nogen romers hæder. NAOB · Ibsen · Catilina · med the thing · no object in the clause

✓ hun ville ikke bytte bort dette for noe. Bokmålsordboka · for on bytte bort

✓ bytte inn den gamle bilen med en ny. Bokmålsordboka · med the new car

he exchanged the tie for a pair of socks · he would not have exchanged that post for another place · he does not exchange it for a Roman’s glory · she would not give this away for anything · trade in the old car for a new one

med the partner · and a clause with no object

✓ jeg ville ikke ha byttet med dem. Bokmålsordboka · med the persons · no object

✓ bytte plass med noen. NAOB · 1.2 · the other party

✓ undertøy og badetøy byttes ikke. NAOB · 1.3 · shop · no mot, no i, no for

✓ Du kan bytte den. NAOB · Iunker · the object · no counter-Theme

I would not have changed places with them · change places with someone · underwear and swimwear are not exchanged · you can exchange it

bytte til seg · mot the thing given

✓ han har byttet til seg en sykkel mot et par ski. Bokmålsordboka · object the bicycle · mot the skis

✓ blåseinstrumenter, som han hadde kjøpt eller byttet til seg. NAOB · Haavardsholm · no mot-phrase in the example

he has got himself a bicycle in exchange for a pair of skis · instruments he had bought or traded for · the NAOB gloss is få (noe) mot å avstå noe annet

bytte inn · bytte ut · bytte om

✓ Ferrarien nå skulle byttes inn i en SUV. NAOB · Nesbø · i the thing received

✓ ble byttet inn mot «hvordan ta vare på kjærligheten» som ble byttet med «hvordan komme over eksen». NAOB · Hjorth · mot and med in one sentence · both the next book

✓ flere spillere ble byttet inn etter pause. Bokmålsordboka · players · no med

✓ byttet ut kniven, pistolen og hagla med tusjpennen og sprayboksen. NAOB · Høigård · med the replacement

✓ vinduet var ødelagt og ble byttet ut. Bokmålsordboka · no med

✓ byttet min stues varme om med et koldt hotel. NAOB · Øverland · sjelden · object between the verb and om · med the hotel

✓ jeg har byttet om lappene. NAOB · Saabye Christensen · forveksle · no med

✓ rollene var byttet om. · rollene er fullstendig byttet om. Bokmålsordboka · NAOB · Gaarder

the Ferrari was to be traded in for an SUV · one book traded in for the next, and that one for the one after · players brought on · the knife exchanged for a marker · the window was replaced · he had exchanged the warmth of his room for a cold hotel · he has mixed up the notes · the roles are reversed

veksle · utveksle · plass

✓ veksle en tier i to femmere. · veksle euroene i norske penger. Bokmålsordboka · i the money received

✓ veksle en femtilapp i tikroner. · veksle dollar i norsk mynt. · veksle om euro til dollar. NAOB · i · and til on veksle om

✓ de byttet plass. · elevene byttet plasser hver måned. · kameratene byttet frimerker. Bokmålsordboka · NAOB · plural subject · no seg

✓ de to landene utveksler studenter. · utveksle tanker og synspunkter. Bokmålsordboka · no preposition

✓ fangene kunne utveksles mot tyske sårede. · utvekslet med den sovjetiske storspionen Abel. NAOB · Seip mot · Gustavsen med

change a tenner into two fivers · change the euros into Norwegian money · change a fifty into ten-kroner notes · change dollars into Norwegian coins · change euros into dollars · they changed places · the pupils changed seats · the friends swapped stamps · the two countries exchange students · prisoners exchanged for German wounded · exchanged with Abel

Places of Norwegian exchange verbs: marking, status, and the English marking
PlaceIntroduced by (working)Norwegian markingStatus in the sourcesEnglish
Agentsubjectno case ending on a full noun · subject form of a pronounjeg · han · de · elevene · kameratene · visubject of exchange
Theme giventhe thing givendirect object, or absentslipset · den stillingen · dette · den gamle bilen · plass · plasser · frimerker · en tier · fanger · no object in byttet med dem and byttes ikkeobject of exchange
counter-Themethe thing receivedi, mot, or med · for on bytte bort · til on veksle omNAOB 1.1 i, mot, med · Bokmålsordboka for noe · med en ny · Nesbø i en SUV · Hjorth mot and med · i to femmere · til dollar · Seip motfor + the received thing · currency into
mot on bytte til segthe thing givenmot + noun phrase · the object is what is receivedBokmålsordboka en sykkel mot et par ski · NAOB gloss mot å avstå · the NAOB example has no mot-phrasethe given thing is the English object · this mot is that object
Partnerthe other personmed + noun phrase · dem object formmed dem · med noen · med herrerne on the greeting · med Abel the other prisonerwith + person
med the new thingreplacementmed on bytte inn and bytte utmed en ny · med tusjpennen · med så å si alle typer bær · Hjorth byttet medfor the replacement · the same Norwegian preposition as the partner
Placeswhat the parties exchangeobject plass or plasser · no segde byttet plass · byttet plasser · byttet rolle · rollene … byttet omplural object of exchange places
i the placewhere a change of train happensi + placeBokmålsordboka bytte tog i Hamburgthe place · a different in from currency into
Noun i byttethe noun, not the verb’s counter-Themei bytteBokmålsordboka eplesaft i bytte · NAOB i bytte · guld i byttein exchange
Particleinn, ut, bort, omafter the verb in the printed lines · Øverland puts the object before ombytte inn den gamle bilen · byttet ut kniven · byttet bort · byttes inn i · byttet … om med · veksle om euro til · vekslet inn ino particle to place

Marking map. Read a direct object of bytte as the thing given, except on bytte til seg, where the object is the thing received. Read i on the tie, on Nesbø’s SUV, and on veksle as the thing received. Read Lahlum’s mot, Seip’s mot, and Hjorth’s mot as the thing received. Read Bokmålsordboka’s mot et par ski as the thing given. Read med of a person as the partner, and med of the new car, the marker, and the berries as the replacement. Read for on bytte bort as the thing one would take. Read i Hamburg as the place. Read i bytte as the noun.

EN ⇄ NO valency strip

Each row lines up one English slot with a Norwegian slot. The alignment type says what happens to the slot: = (same object status), or shift (English for against Norwegian i, mot, med, or for; English with of a partner against a med that also marks the new thing). Printed lines come first. Every other sentence is constructed, modelled on a printed line. They show the working alignment. They are not frequency, and not a bilingual corpus.

English–Norwegian valency alignment for exchange, one row per argument
SlotEN formNO formAlignEN exampleNO example
Agentsubjectsubject=I exchanged those trousers Cambridge, as the German page cites ithan byttet · jeg ville ikke NAOB · Bokmålsordboka
Themeobject of exchangedirect object, or no object= when the object is there · a Norwegian line can lack itthose trousers Cambridgeslipset · byttet med dem NAOB · Bokmålsordboka
counter-Themefor + NPi, mot, or med · for on bytte bortshift · English one preposition · Norwegian more than one, and not ranked as one slotfor a larger size Cambridgei et par sokker · mot noen annen plass · for noe NAOB · Bokmålsordboka
bytte til segobject = thing givenobject = thing received · mot = thing givenshift · the object and the mot-phrase swap the English jobsexchange skis for a bicycle the English gloss of the Bokmålsordboka lineen sykkel mot et par ski Bokmålsordboka
Partnerwith + personmed + NPshift · dem is the object form · the person line can lack an objectexchange sth with sb Cambridge business, as the German page cites itmed dem · med noen Bokmålsordboka · NAOB
Currencyinto + NPi + NP · NAOB also til on veksle omshift · English into · Norwegian i, and til on that particledollars into local currency Cambridge, as the German page cites iti to femmere · til dollar Bokmålsordboka · NAOB
Placesplural objectplass or plasser · no seg= of the object · seg on this frame is unprintedexchange places the English glossde byttet plass · byttet plasser Bokmålsordboka · NAOB
Full stackexchange X for Y with Zobject + counter-Theme + med a personunprinted · the pieces are separate linesexchange the tie for socks with him constructed · not a Cambridge clausePat bytter slipset i et par sokker med Chris constructed
Particlenoneinn / ut / bort / omthe printed infinitive has inn before the object · Øverland has the object before om · a finite object between the verb and inn is unprinted—bytte inn den gamle bilen · byttet ut kniven · byttet … om med Bokmålsordboka · NAOB

The strip below is a set of small multiples. Each card holds one frame, with English on top and Norwegian under it. The subject chip is the party the clause actually makes the subject.

EN · NO · i / mot / med and for

i et par sokker · mot noen annen plass

exchange something for something

slipset i et par sokker. stillingen mot noen annen plass. bytte bort dette for noe. bilen med en ny.

NAOB 1.1 · Bokmålsordboka · EN · Cambridge for, as the German page cites it · DE · gegen is the counter-Theme, and für is unprinted on tauschen · NL · voor or tegen, one slot

RolesHide roles AgentThemecounter-Theme
Agent han · the subject of ville ikke Theme slipset · den stillingen · dette · den gamle bilen counter-Theme i · mot · for · med en ny

Move English for marks the thing received. Norwegian marks that thing with i, with mot, with med, and, on bytte bort, with for. The articles do not rank the four as one slot. German tauschen prints gegen for that thing. Dutch prints voor or tegen as one slot.

NO · partner · med

med dem · med noen

exchange sth with sb

ikke ha byttet med dem. bytte plass med noen.

Bokmålsordboka · NAOB 1.2 · dem is the object form · noen has one shape

RolesHide roles AgentThemePartner
Agent jeg Theme plass · absent in byttet med dem Partner med dem · med noen

Move English with marks the partner. Norwegian marks the partner with med. The Bokmålsordboka person line has no object. NAOB’s person line has plass and no counter-Theme. Dutch met is that partner, and on verwisselen the confused item. The Norwegian confuse line byttet om lappene has no med.

NO · bytte til seg · mot given

en sykkel mot et par ski

get a bicycle for a pair of skis

byttet til seg en sykkel mot et par ski.

Bokmålsordboka · the object is what is received · mot is what is given · NAOB’s example of the expression has no mot-phrase

RolesHide roles AgentReceivedGiven
Agent han Received en sykkel Given mot et par ski

Move English for marks the thing received, and the object marks the thing given. On this expression the object marks the thing received, and mot marks the thing given. Lahlum’s mot, under the other heading, marks the thing received.

NO · places · no seg

de byttet plass

exchange places

de byttet plass. elevene byttet plasser. rollene var byttet om. kameratene byttet frimerker.

Bokmålsordboka · NAOB · plural subject · no seg · German die Plätze tauschen likewise prints no sich

RolesHide roles AgentTheme
Agent de · elevene · kameratene Theme plass · plasser · rollene · frimerker

Move The places line is a plural subject and an object. seg is unprinted on it. mellom seg is the divide line, bytte fangsten mellom seg, a different phrase. bytte plass med noen adds the partner and keeps the object.

NO · inn · ut · om

byttes inn · byttet ut · om med

trade in · replace · exchange one thing for another

bytte inn den gamle bilen med en ny. byttes inn i en SUV. byttet ut kniven med tusjpennen. byttet varme om med et hotel.

Bokmålsordboka · NAOB · Nesbø · Høigård · Øverland · the infinitive has inn before the object · the finite ut stands before the object · om stands after the object

RolesHide roles Themecounter-ThemeParticle
Theme den gamle bilen · Ferrarien · kniven · varmen counter-Theme med en ny · i en SUV · med tusjpennen · med et hotel Particle inn · ut · om

Move Dutch om-, in-, and uit- separate, and voor and tegen are printed on either side of the participle. The Norwegian lines print the particle before the object, except Øverland, who prints the object before om. A finite object between the verb and inn is unprinted.

NO · veksle · i and til

i to femmere · til dollar

exchange dollars into local currency

en tier i to femmere. euroene i norske penger. dollar i norsk mynt. veksle om euro til dollar.

Bokmålsordboka · NAOB · i the money received · til on veksle om · EN · Cambridge into, as the German page cites it · DE · in on umtauschen

RolesHide roles ThemeReceived
Theme en tier · euroene · dollar · euro Received i to femmere · i norske penger · i norsk mynt · til dollar

Move The currency verb marks the money received with i. NAOB also prints til when the particle is om. for is unprinted as that currency phrase. German currency on umtauschen is in.

NO · utveksle · mot and med

mot tyske sårede · med Abel

exchange prisoners · exchange views

utveksler studenter. utveksle tanker og synspunkter. utveksles mot tyske sårede. utvekslet med Abel.

Bokmålsordboka · no preposition · NAOB · Seip mot · Gustavsen med · the two prepositions are separate citations

RolesHide roles Themecounter-Thememed
Theme studenter · tanker · fangene · Powers counter-Theme mot tyske sårede med med Abel · absent on the student line

Move Bokmålsordboka’s utveksle names the object and no preposition. NAOB’s prisoner lines print mot for the group and med for Abel. Dutch uitwisselen prints met for the person and tegen for the thing, in separate sentences.

NO · i + med · constructed

i et par sokker med Chris

exchange X for Y with Z

Pat bytter slipset i et par sokker med Chris.

constructed · i is NAOB’s counter-Theme · med a person is NAOB’s partner · no article opened here stacks them · Pat and Chris are not dictionary names

RolesHide roles Themecounter-ThemePartner
Theme slipset counter-Theme i et par sokker Partner med Chris

Move The English gloss stacks for and with. Cambridge, as the German page cites it, prints them as separate patterns. The Norwegian pieces are separate lines as well. This card stacks i and med. It is built from two printed uses. It is not a dictionary line.

Examples

Argument difference. English exchange X for Y with Z marks the thing received with for and the partner with with. Norwegian bytte marks the thing received with i, with mot, or with med, and Bokmålsordboka marks it with for on bytte bort. On bytte til seg, mot marks the thing given and the object marks the thing received. med of a person is the partner. A places line has no seg. veksle marks the money received with i, and NAOB also with til on veksle om.

Printed dictionary lines come first. A constructed line reuses a printed preposition. It is labelled constructed.

Real · i, mot, med, for, the particles

✓ han byttet slipset i et par sokker. NAOB · i

✓ jeg ville ikke ha byttet med dem. Bokmålsordboka · partner · no object

✓ han har byttet til seg en sykkel mot et par ski. Bokmålsordboka · mot the thing given

✓ bytte inn den gamle bilen med en ny. Bokmålsordboka

✓ veksle en tier i to femmere. Bokmålsordboka · currency i

✓ de byttet plass. Bokmålsordboka · no seg

Constructed · the working frames

✓ Pat bytter slipset i et par sokker med Chris. constructed · i is the printed counter-Theme · med a person is the printed partner · the stack is not a citation · Pat and Chris are not dictionary names

* Pat bytter Chris slipset. constructed · a bare partner, with no med · unprinted · the printed partner is med

* De byttet seg plass. constructed · seg on the places frame · unprinted · the printed places lines have no seg

Derivations · working sketches, revisable

Each sketch is a working drawing, not a locked analysis. The drawing gives the thing given to the object, the thing received to the preposition the line prints, and the partner to med. On bytte til seg the object is drawn as the thing received and mot as the thing given. Open one sketch at a time. Which theta role is the object is the revisable note Causative templates and argument selection. This page does not edit that note.

counter-Theme · i, mot, med, for

Object given · preposition received · working, revisable

[ —
  [ √bytte
     [Theme slipset ]
     [i- et par sokker ]]]        ← NAOB 1.1

[ —
  [ √bytte
     [Theme stillingen ]
     [mot- noen annen plass ]]]  ← NAOB · Lahlum

[ —
  [ √bytte-bort
     [Theme dette ]
     [for- noe ]]]                ← Bokmålsordboka

[ —
  [ √bytte-inn
     [Theme den gamle bilen ]
     [med- en ny ]]]              ← Bokmålsordboka

The thing given and the thing received are different phrases. On these lines the thing received is i, mot, for, or med. English for is the gloss of that phrase. The Norwegian prepositions stay the ones the line prints.

✓ slipset i et par sokker. NAOB

✓ bytte bort dette for noe. Bokmålsordboka

bytte til seg · mot given

Object received · mot given · working, revisable

[ han
  [ √bytte-til-seg
     [Theme en sykkel ]
     [mot- et par ski ]]]         ← Bokmålsordboka
                                    ← object = received
                                    ← mot = given

This mot is the thing given. Lahlum’s mot is the thing received. The two lines keep both directions. NAOB’s filled example of bytte til seg names no mot-phrase.

✓ en sykkel mot et par ski. Bokmålsordboka

Partner med · replacement med

med a person · med the new thing · working, revisable

[ jeg
  [ √bytte
     [med- dem ]]]                 ← Bokmålsordboka
                                    ← no direct object

[ —
  [ √bytte
     [Theme plass ]
     [med- noen ]]]                ← NAOB 1.2

[ —
  [ √bytte-ut
     [Theme kniven ]
     [med- tusjpennen ]]]          ← NAOB · Høigård

The partner is med. The replacement on bytte ut and on bytte inn is the same preposition. A stack of the counter-Theme and the partner in one clause is the constructed line.

✓ med dem. Bokmålsordboka

✓ med tusjpennen. NAOB

plass · no seg · particles

de byttet plass · byttet … om · working, revisable

[ de
  [ √bytte
     [Theme plass ]]]              ← Bokmålsordboka
                                    ← no seg

[ —
  [ byttet
     [Theme varme ]
     [om ]
     [med- et hotel ]]]            ← NAOB · Øverland
                                    ← object before om

The places line names the object and no reflexive. Øverland puts the object between the verb and om, and med after the particle. Bokmålsordboka’s infinitive bytte inn den gamle bilen puts inn before the object. The page records both orders. It does not add a finite split that the articles do not print.

✓ de byttet plass. Bokmålsordboka

✓ byttet … om med. NAOB · Øverland

Notes

Working paper · October 2026 · Norwegian micro-entry · Index 2 bytte; gi

bytte takes i, mot, or med for the thing received, and for on bytte bort. On bytte til seg, mot is the thing given. The partner is med. A places line has no seg. veksle marks currency with i, and NAOB also with til.

NO micro-entry live Index 2 bytte; gi i / mot / med / for NL ruilen live

Sense × language: exchange · Norwegian (bytte, bytte inn, bytte ut, bytte bort, bytte om, veksle, utveksle). The thing received is i, mot, or med, and for on bytte bort. The partner is med. On bytte til seg, mot is the thing given. Geometry neighbor: exchange · tauschen, for gegen as the only counter-Theme of the base verb, and exchange · ruilen, for voor or tegen as one slot and met as the partner. No English micro-entry. The stub is exchange.html.

Open items

  • i, mot, med, and for are not ranked as one counter-Theme. NAOB files i, mot, and med under the heading det man får isteden. Bokmålsordboka prints for on bytte bort and med on bytte inn. Hjorth prints mot and med as the next book, in one sentence. The page does not pick one preposition as the frame.
  • mot has two directions. Lahlum, Hjorth, and Seip: the thing received. Bokmålsordboka bytte til seg: the thing given, with the object as the thing received. NAOB’s gloss of bytte til seg is mot å avstå. The filled example has no mot-phrase. Ibsen’s spelling is mod.
  • med has more than one job. Partner: med dem, med noen. Thing received, with no object: med nogen romers hæder. New thing: med en ny, med tusjpennen. Other item on the rare bytte om: med et koldt hotel. Other prisoner: med Abel. The confuse line byttet om lappene has no med.
  • A stack of a counter-Theme and med a person is constructed. Pat bytter slipset i et par sokker med Chris is not a citation. A bare partner, Pat bytter Chris slipset, is unprinted. ham is unprinted on the bytte lines opened here.
  • i is also a place, and the noun. bytte tog i Hamburg. eplesaft i bytte, hva gir du meg i bytte?. Currency i is the money received. The three phrases stay apart.
  • The particle order is the printed order. Infinitive bytte inn plus the object. Finite byttet ut plus the object. Passive byttes inn i, ble byttet ut, byttet bort. Øverland: object, then om, then med. A finite clause with the object between the verb and inn is unprinted. bytte om på is printed, bytter om på bordplasseringen. Marstein’s rekkefølgen på to punkter is quoted as the entry prints it. A parse that splits that på from the noun is unprinted.
  • for on the NAOB verb examples is unprinted. The printed for of the counter-Theme is Bokmålsordboka’s for noe. veksle foran is the place in the race. No Språkrådet svar prints a ranking of mot, med, i, and for on the verb. Språkrådet’s «Nedlegge eller legge ned» uses the noun bytte in a parenthesis and prints no frame of the verb.
  • The two preterites are the paradigm. Bokmålsordboka prints bytta and byttet, and har bytta and har byttet. NAOB’s moderate head is byttet, byttet, bytting. The page does not rank the forms.

Corpus filenames and sources checked

Dictionary frames: Bokmålsordboka at ordbokene.no, articles bytte (verb and noun), veksle, and utveksle. NAOB, Det Norske Akademis ordbok, bytte verb (bytte_2) and noun (bytte_1), veksle, and utveksle. Literary lines are quoted only as those entries print them. Ibsen, Lahlum, Nesbø, Hjorth, Høigård, Øverland, Gaarder, Saabye Christensen, Haavardsholm, Seip, Gustavsen, Behn, and Iunker are NAOB’s citations. Språkrådet’s svarbase prints no ranking of mot, med, i, and for on the verb bytte. The article «Nedlegge eller legge ned» contains the noun. Nynorskordboka was not quoted. English for, with, and into are the Cambridge patterns already cited on the German page. Constructed clauses reuse a printed preposition. Pat, Chris, the bare partner, and seg on the places line are not citations.

Records bytte with i, mot, or med on the thing received, and for on bytte bort. Records mot on bytte til seg as the thing given. Records med on the partner and on the new thing. Records a places line with no seg. Records veksle with i, and til on veksle om. Records utveksle with mot and with med.