Storting

See also: storting

English

Alternative forms

• Storthing

Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian Storting (literally “great assembly, thing”).

Proper noun

Storting

1. The supreme legislature of Norway, the Norwegian parliament.

Translations

Norwegian parliament

• Finnish: suurkäräjät pl
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Stortinget

  Nynorsk: Stortinget

Anagrams

• Grittons, rottings

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• stortinget

Etymology

From stor (“great, big”) +‎ ting (“assembly, thing”), after Old Norse stórþing, from stórr +‎ þing.

Proper noun

Storting n (indefinite Storting)

1. the Storting; the supreme legislature of Norway, the Norwegian parliament.

Derived terms

• stortingspresident
• stortingsval
• stortingsvedtak

Related terms

• storting

References

• “Storting” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• “Storting” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring