nordmann

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nordmann m (definite singular nordmannen, indefinite plural nordmenn, definite plural nordmennene)

  1. a Norwegian (person of Norwegian ancestry or inhabitant of Norway)
  2. (dialectal, obsolete) an inhabitant of Western Norway (used among the peasants in the mountain valleys of Eastern Norway, who considered "north" upriver)

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From Old Norse norðmaðr, from norð- (north) +‎ maðr (person, man), equivalent to nord +‎ mann. Cognate with Faroese and Icelandic norðmaður, Swedish norrman and Danish nordmand.

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  • IPA(key): /²nuːrmanː/, /²nuːɽmanː/
  • (2nd and 3rd sense) IPA(key): /¹nurmanː/

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nordmann m (definite singular nordmannen, indefinite plural nordmenn, definite plural nordmennene)

  1. a northerner, person from the north
    Synonyms: nordbuar, nordlending
  2. a Norwegian (person of Norwegian ancestry or inhabitant of Norway)
  3. an inhabitant of Western Norway (used among the peasants in the mountain valleys of Eastern Norway, who considered north upriver)
    Synonyms: vestmann, vestlending
    • 1908, Rikard Berge, Myllarguten, page 94:
      Der møtte «nordmennane» med hestar, og kauparar møtte fraa heile Telemarki.
      There, the westerners [lit. Norwegians] met with horses, and buyers met from all across Telemark.

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