sjanger

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• genre

Etymology

From French genre. Doublet of genus and kjønn.

Noun

sjanger m (definite singular sjangeren, indefinite plural sjangere or sjangre or sjangrer, definite plural sjangerne or sjangrene)

1. (art, literature, music) genre

References

• “sjanger” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “sjanger” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• genre

Etymology

From French genre, from Latin genus, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os (“race”), of the root *ǵenh₁-. Doublet of genus and kjønn.

Noun

sjanger m (definite singular sjangeren, indefinite plural sjangrar, definite plural sjangrane)

1. (art, literature, music) genre

References

• “sjanger” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.