norsk

See also: Norsk

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish nornst, cf. Middle Norwegian nornskr. The adjective was probably derived from Old Norse norrœnn (“Norwegian”), from Proto-Germanic *nurþrōnijaz (“northern”). Cognate with English northern.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɔrsk/, [ˈnɒːsɡ̊]

Adjective

norsk (plural and definite singular attributive norske)

1. Norwegian (of or relating to Norway, Norwegians or the Norwegian language)

Noun

norsk n

1. Norwegian (language)

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Icelandic

Adjective

norsk

1. inflection of norskur:
   1. feminine singular nominative strong positive degree
   2. neuter plural nominative strong positive degree
   3. neuter plural accusative strong positive degree

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Danish norsk, from Old Danish nornst, cf. Middle Norwegian nornskr and Norwegian norsk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɔʂk/, /nɔʃk/
• Rhymes: -ɔʂk

Noun

norsk m (definite singular norsken, uncountable)

1. Norwegian (language)

Adjective

norsk (neuter singular norsk, definite singular and plural norske, comparative norskere, indefinite superlative norskest, definite superlative norskeste)

1. Norwegian (of or relating to Norway, Norwegians or the Norwegian language)

Derived terms

• dansk-norsk
• Den norske kirke
• fornorske
• gammelnorsk
• høgnorsk
• kebabnorsk
• nordnorsk
• norsk-dansk
• Norskehavet
• norskekysten
• norskfødt
• nynorsk
• samnorsk
• svorsk
• vestnorsk
• østnorsk

 

See also

• bergensk
• bokmål
• innlandsmål
• landsmål
• riksmål
• stasjonsspråk
• trøndersk

 

References

• “norsk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Norwegian nornskr, from earlier norrǿnn (“Norwegian, northern”) +‎ -skr after the same pattern as svenskr and danskr. Cognate with Faroese and Icelandic norskur and Middle Low German norrensch, norrisch, nornsch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /norsk/, [nɞ̞r̥sk], [nɞ̞ɻʂk], /noʃk/, [nɞ̞ʂk], [nɞ̞ʃk]

Noun

norsk m (definite singular norsken, uncountable)

1. Norwegian (language)

Adjective

norsk m or f (indefinite singular neuter norsk or (unofficial) norskt, definite singular and plural norske, comparative norskare, superlative norskast)

1. Norwegian (of or relating to Norway, Norwegians or the Norwegian language)

Derived terms

• austnorsk
• dansk-norsk
• Den norske kyrkja
• høgnorsk
• nordnorsk
• normalnorsk
• norsk-dansk
• Norskehavet
• norskekysten
• norskfødd
• norskfødt
• nynorsk
• samnorsk
• vestnorsk

 

See also

• bergensk
• bokmål
• innlandsmål
• landsmål
• riksmål
• stasjonsspråk
• trøndersk

 

References

• “norsk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Swedish

Pronunciation

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Adjective

norsk (comparative norskare, superlative norskast)

1. Norwegian (of or relating to Norway, Norwegians or the Norwegian language)

Declension

Inflection of norsk
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	norsk	norskare	norskast
Neuter singular	norskt	norskare	norskast
Plural	norska	norskare	norskast
Masculine plural3	norske	norskare	norskast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	norske	norskare	norskaste
All	norska	norskare	norskaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic

Noun

norsk c

1. Norwegian (person)

Declension

Declension of norsk
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	norsk	norsken	norskar	norskarna
Genitive	norsks	norskens	norskars	norskarnas

Hyponyms

• norska (“Norwegian (female)”)
• norrman (“Norwegian (male or unspecified sex)”)

Anagrams

• korns