bunad

Norwegian Bokmål

girls wearing bunad

Etymology

From Old Norse búnaðr. Equivalent to bo (“to live, stay, dwell”) +‎ -nad

Noun

bunad m (definite singular bunaden, indefinite plural bunader, definite plural bunadene)

1. a traditional Norwegian costume

References

• “bunad” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse búnaðr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²bʉːnɑ(d)/

Noun

bunad m (definite singular bunaden, indefinite plural bunader or bunadar, definite plural bunadene or bunadane)

1. a traditional Norwegian costume

Inflection

Historical inflection of bunad indefinite singular definite singular indefinite plural definite plural Aasen1 Bunad Bunaden Bunadar Bunadarne 1901 bunadarne (bunadane) 1917 bunadane 1959 bunader bunadene 1995 bunader [bunadar] bunadene [bunadane] 2012 (current) bunad bunaden bunadar, bunader bunadane, bunadene Forms in italics are currently considered non-standard. Forms in [brackets] were official, but considered second-tier. Forms in (parentheses) were allowed under Midlandsnormalen. 1Nouns were capitalised for most of the 19th century.

References

• “bunad” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.