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===Proper noun=== |
===Proper noun=== |
Revision as of 04:48, 26 April 2024
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
Etymology
From the Old Norse Drǫfn f (genitive Drafnar), originally a river name, from drǫfn (“wave”). From this is also the old fjord name Drafn m. Cognate with Icelandic Dröfn f.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Dramn f
- A city and municipality of Buskerud, Norway. Official name: Drammen
- 1895, Hans Reusch, translated by Marius Hægstad, Ei liti landkunna elder geografi – paa landsmaal etter sette utgaava, page 18:
- Dramn ligg langs etter Dramselvi paa baade sidor.
- Drammen lies next to the Drammen river on both sides.
- 1999, Håvard Tangen, “Quo vadis, sudaustlandske mål?”, in Målføri og nynorsken, page 39:
- Oslo-formene tevlar òg ut andre byformer som det kjem til å støyta på, t.d. i Dramn og Moss.
- The Oslo forms also outcompete other city forms which they encounter, e.g. in Drammen and Moss.
Usage notes
This form has traditionally been favoured over Drammen by Nynorsk writers, with the highest frequency in the 1800s and early 1900s.
Derived terms
- Dramnselv, Dramselv f (“the Drammen River”)
- dramnsmann m (“someone from Drammen”)
- Dramsfjorden
Related terms
- Dramdal (< *Drafnardalr)
References
Categories:
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms inherited from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Norwegian Nynorsk/amn
- Rhymes:Norwegian Nynorsk/amːn̩
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk proper nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk feminine nouns
- nn:Cities in Buskerud
- nn:Cities in Norway
- nn:Municipalities of Norway
- nn:Places in Buskerud
- nn:Places in Norway
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms with quotations