Tantebarn?

When I hear a Norwegian word or expression for the

first time, it still surprises me.

This time it was "tantebarn".

Perhaps it is a local expression, but one of my coworkers

talked about her "tantebarn".

"Tante" is aunt.

"Barn" is child.

So your "tantebarn" should be the child of your aunt?

Or are you the aunt of that child?

I had to go back and ask my coworker what she meant.

She then told me that her "tantebarn" are the children of

her sister. In other words, her niece or nephew.