urfolk
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From ur- + folk, after German Urvolk.
Noun edit
urfolk n (definite singular urfolket, indefinite plural urfolk, definite plural urfolka or urfolkene)
Synonyms edit
References edit
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From ur- + folk, after German Urvolk.
Noun edit
urfolk n (definite singular urfolket, indefinite plural urfolk, definite plural urfolka)
- an indigenous people; a people that maintains an original culture
- Synonym: opphavsfolk (literally “original people”)
- an origin people that modern ones descend from
- Synonym: frumfolk
References edit
- “urfolk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.