landsmål
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
landsmål n (definite singular landsmålet, uncountable)
- Landsmål (a written standard for Norwegian created by Ivar Aasen in the mid-1800s; predecessor to Nynorsk)
- Landsmål (the name given to Nynorsk until 1929)
See also edit
References edit
- “landsmål” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From land + mål. Cognate with Faroese landsmál (“regional language; Landsmål”) and Icelandic landsmál (“politics; Landsmål”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
landsmål n (definite singular landsmålet, indefinite plural landsmål, definite plural landsmåla)
- a national or regional language
- (uncountable) Landsmål (the name given to Nynorsk until 1929)
See also edit
References edit
- “landsmål” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From land + mål. Cognate with Faroese landsmál (“regional language; Landsmål”) and Icelandic landsmál (“politics; Landsmål”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
landsmål n