tettsted

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From tett +‎ sted, a calque of Swedish tätort.

Noun

tettsted n (definite singular tettstedet, indefinite plural tettsteder, definite plural tettstedene)

1. A built-up area (i.e. a city, town or village), (per Nordic definition a locality with at least 200 inhabitants and up to 200 metres in Denmark, Sweden and Finland, or 50 metres in Norway, between the buildings; if two building are located further away from each other, they are not located in the same locality)

   Tettstedet Oslo passerte en million innbyggere i slutten av 2018.

   The built-up area of Oslo passed a million inhabitants in the end of 2018.

See also

• tettstad (Nynorsk)

References

• “tettsted” in The Bokmål Dictionary.