Norwegian

English

Alternative forms

• (abbreviation): Nw.
• Norwayan

Etymology

From Medieval Latin Norvegia + -ian.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /nɔːˈwiː.dʒən/
• (US) IPA^(key): /nɔɹˈwiː.dʒən/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -iːdʒən

Noun

Norwegian (countable and uncountable, plural Norwegians)

1. A native of Norway.
2. A kind of fishing boat on the Great Lakes of North America.
3. (uncountable) The language of Norway, which has two official forms, Bokmål and Nynorsk.

Related terms

(language):

• Dano-Norwegian
• Old Norwegian
• Middle Norwegian
• New Norwegian
• Norwegian Bokmål
• Norwegian Nynorsk

Translations

native of Norway

• Armenian: նորվեգացի (norvegacʿi)
• Basque: norvegiar
• Bulgarian: норвежец m (norvežec), норвежка f (norvežka)
• Catalan: noruec (ca) m, noruega (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 挪威人 (zh) (Nuówēi-rén)

• Czech: Nor (cs) m, Norka (cs) f
• Danish: nordmand (da) c
• Dutch: Noor (nl) m, Noorse (nl) f
• Esperanto: norvego, norvegino (woman)
• Estonian: norralane
• Faroese: norðmaður m
• Finnish: norjalainen (fi)
• French: Norvégien (fr) m, Norvégienne (fr) f
• German: Norweger (de) m, Norwegerin (de) f
• Hawaiian: Nolewai
• Hebrew: נורווגי‎ m (noruvegi), נורווגית‎ f (norvegit)
• Hungarian: norvég (hu)
• Icelandic: Norðmaður m
• Indonesian: orang Norwegia
• Interlingua: norvegiano
• Irish: Ioruach m

• Italian: norvegese (it) m, f
• Japanese: ノルウェー人 (ja) (Noruwē-jin)
• Latvian: norvēģis m, norvēģiete f
• Lithuanian: norvegas (lt) m, norvegė (lt) f
• Luxembourgish: Norweeger m, Norweegerin f
• Northern Sami: norgalaš (nationality), dárrolaš (ethnicity)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: nordmann (no) m

  Nynorsk: nordmann (nn) m

• Polish: Norweg (pl) m pers, Norweżka (pl) f
• Portuguese: norueguês (pt) m, norueguesa f
• Romanian: norvegian (ro) m, norvegiancă (ro) f, norvegieni pl, norvegience f pl, norvegiană (ro) f
• Russian: норве́жец (ru) m (norvéžec), норве́жка (ru) f (norvéžka)
• Scottish Gaelic: Nirribheach m, (dated) Lochlannach m
• Serbo-Croatian: Norvéžanin (sh) m, Norvéžānka f
• Slovak: Nór m, Nórka f
• Slovene: Norvežàn (sl) m, Norvežánka f
• Spanish: noruego (es) m, noruega (es) f
• Swedish: norrman (sv) m, norska (sv) f, norsk (sv) either gender
• Tagalog: Norwego
• Turkish: Norveçli (tr)
• Volapük: (♂♀) Norgänan (vo), (♂) hi-Norgänan, (♀) ji-Norgänan

language of Norway

• Albanian: gjuha norvegjeze (sq)
• Arabic: نُرْوِيجِيَّة‎ f (nurwījiyya)
• Armenian: նորվեգերեն (hy) (norvegeren)
• Basque: norvegiera (eu)
• Bavarian: Norwegésch
• Belarusian: нарве́жская мо́ва f (narvjéžskaja móva), нарве́жская f (narvjéžskaja)
• Bengali: নরওয়েজীয় (bn) (nar'ōẏējīẏa), নরওয়েজীয় ভাষা (nar'ōẏējīẏa bhāṣā)
• Bulgarian: норвежки m (norvéžki) (ези́к)
• Catalan: noruec (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 挪威語 (zh), 挪威语 (zh) (Nuówēiyǔ)

• Czech: norština (cs) f
• Danish: norsk (da) n
• Dutch: Noors (nl) n
• Esperanto: la norvega, norvega lingvo
• Estonian: norra keel (et)
• Faroese: norskt n
• Finnish: norjan kieli, norja (fi)
• French: norvégien (fr) m
• Galician: noruegués (gl) m
• Georgian: ნორვეგიული (norvegiuli) (ენა)
• German: Norwegisch (de) n
• Greek: νορβηγικά (el) n pl (norvigiká)
• Greenlandic: norskisut
• Hebrew: נורווגית‎ f (norvegit)
• Hiligaynon: Ninorwego
• Hindi: नार्वेजियन (nārvējiyan)
• Hungarian: norvég (hu)
• Icelandic: norska (is)
• Indonesian: bahasa Norwegia
• Interlingua: norvegiano

• Irish: Ioruais f
• Italian: norvegese (it) m
• Japanese: ノルウェー語 (ja) (Noruwē-go)
• Korean: 노르웨이어 (ko) (Noreuwei-eo)
• Latvian: norvēģu valoda, norvēģu
• Lithuanian: norvegų kalba (lt) f
• Macedonian: норвешки m (nórveški) (је́зик)
• Northern Sami: dárọgiella, dárru
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: norsk (no) m

  Nynorsk: norsk (nn) m

• Polish: język norweski m inan
• Portuguese: norueguês (pt) m
• Romanian: norvegiană (ro) f
• Russian: норве́жский (ru) m (norvéžskij) (язы́к)
• Scottish Gaelic: Lochlannais f, Nirribhidhis f, Nirribhis f
• Serbo-Croatian: norveški (sh), норвешки m
• Slovak: nórčina (sk) f
• Slovene: norvéščina (sl) f
• Spanish: noruego (es) m
• Swedish: norska (sv) c
• Tagalog: Norwego, Noruwego (tl)
• Thai: ภาษานอร์เวย์ (th) (paasăa norway)
• Tigrinya: ኖርዌጂያን (norweǧiyan)
• Turkish: Norveççe (tr)
• Ukrainian: норвезька (uk) f (norvézʹka) (мо́ва)
• Vietnamese: tiếng Na Uy (vi)
• Volapük: Norgänapük (vo), Norgänapük (Bokmål), Nula-Norgänapük
• Walloon: norvedjin (wa) m
• Welsh: Norwyeg (cy)

Adjective

Norwegian (comparative more Norwegian, superlative most Norwegian)

1. Of or pertaining to Norway (the country)
2. Of or pertaining to the Norwegian people
3. Of or pertaining to the Norwegian language

Translations

of or pertaining to Norway

• Armenian: նորվեգական (norvegakan)
• Basque: norvegiar
• Catalan: noruec (ca) m, noruega (ca) f
• Chinese: 挪威语的 (Nuówēi yǔ de)
• Czech: norský (cs) m
• Danish: norsk (da)
• Dutch: Noors (nl)
• Esperanto: norvegia, norveguja
• Faroese: norskur m
• Finnish: norjalainen (fi)
• French: norvégien (fr) m, norvégienne (fr) f
• German: norwegisch (de)
• Greenlandic: norgemiu
• Hawaiian: Nolewai
• Hungarian: norvég (hu), norvégiai
• Icelandic: norskur m
• Interlingua: norvegian
• Irish: Ioruach
• Italian: norvegese (it) m, f
• Japanese: ノルウェーの (Noruwē no)
• Latvian: norvēģu, norvēģisks

• Lithuanian: norvegų (lt), norvegiškas
• Luxembourgish: norweegesch
• Middle Norwegian: nornskr m, nornsk f, nornskt n
• Northern Sami: Norgga
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: norsk (no)

  Nynorsk: norsk (nn)

• Polish: norweski (pl)
• Portuguese: norueguês (pt)
• Romanian: norvegian (ro) m, norvegiană (ro) f, norvegieni pl, norvegiene f pl
• Russian: норве́жский (ru) (norvéžskij)
• Scottish Gaelic: Nirribheach, (dated) Lochlannach
• Serbo-Croatian: nòrveškī (sh)
• Slovak: nórsky (sk) m
• Slovene: norvéški (sl)
• Spanish: noruego (es) m, noruega (es) f
• Swedish: norsk (sv)
• Turkish: Norveç (tr)
• Volapük: Norgänik (vo)
• Westrobothnian: naʂk

of or pertaining to Norwegians

• Armenian: նորվեգական (norvegakan)
• Basque: norvegiar
• Catalan: noruec (ca) m, noruega (ca) f
• Chinese: 挪威语的 (Nuówēi yǔ de)
• Czech: norský (cs) m
• Danish: norsk (da)
• Dutch: Noors (nl)
• Esperanto: norvega
• Faroese: norskur m
• Finnish: norjalainen (fi)
• French: norvégien (fr) m, norvégienne (fr) f
• German: norwegisch (de)
• Hawaiian: Nolewai
• Hungarian: norvég (hu), norvégiai
• Icelandic: norskur m
• Interlingua: norvegian
• Irish: Ioruach
• Italian: norvegese (it) m, f
• Japanese: ノルウェーの (Noruwē no)

• Latvian: norvēģu
• Luxembourgish: norweegesch
• Middle Norwegian: nornskr m, nornsk f, nornskt n
• Northern Sami: dáčča, dáža
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: norsk (no)

  Nynorsk: norsk (nn)

• Polish: norweski (pl)
• Portuguese: norueguês (pt)
• Romanian: norvegian (ro) m, norvegiană (ro) f, norvegieni pl, norvegiene f pl
• Russian: норве́жский (ru) (norvéžskij)
• Scottish Gaelic: Nirribheach, (dated) Lochlannach
• Serbo-Croatian: nòrveškī (sh)
• Slovak: nórsky (sk) m
• Slovene: norvéški (sl)
• Spanish: noruego (es) m, noruega (es) f
• Swedish: norsk (sv)
• Turkish: Norveç (tr)
• Volapük: (♂♀) Norgänanik, (♂) hi-Norgänanik, (♀) ji-Norgänanik

of or pertaining to the Norwegian language

• Armenian: նորվեգերեն (hy) (norvegeren)
• Basque: norvegiar
• Catalan: noruec (ca) m, noruega (ca) f
• Chinese: 挪威语的 (Nuówēi yǔ de)
• Czech: norský (cs) m
• Danish: norsk (da)
• Dutch: Noors (nl)
• Esperanto: norvega, norveglingva
• Faroese: norskur m
• Finnish: norjalainen (fi)
• French: norvégien (fr) m, norvégienne (fr) f, norvégophone m, f
• German: norwegisch (de), norwegischsprachig, norwegischsprachlich, norwegischsprechend
• Hawaiian: Nolewai
• Hungarian: norvég (hu), norvégiai
• Icelandic: norskur m
• Interlingua: norvegian
• Irish: Ioruach
• Italian: norvegese (it) m, f

• Japanese: ノルウェーの (Noruwē no)
• Latvian: norvēģu
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: norsk (no)

  Nynorsk: norsk (nn)

• Polish: norweski (pl)
• Portuguese: norueguês (pt)
• Romanian: norvegian (ro) m, norvegiană (ro) f, norvegieni pl, norvegiene f pl
• Russian: норве́жский (ru) (norvéžskij)
• Scottish Gaelic: Nirribheach, (dated) Lochlannach
• Serbo-Croatian: nòrveškī (sh)
• Slovak: nórsky (sk) m
• Slovene: norvéški (sl)
• Spanish: noruego (es) m, noruega (es) f
• Swedish: norsk (sv)
• Turkish: Norveç (tr)
• Volapük: Norgänapükik, Norgänapükik (Bokmål), Nula-Norgänapükik

Derived terms

• Norwegianise, Norwegianize
• Norwegian Sea

See also

• Bokmål
• Høgnorsk
• Nynorsk
• Riksmål
• Landsmål
• Wiktionary's coverage of Norwegian terms

Further reading

• Norwegian language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Norwegian–English Dictionary: from Webster's Dictionary — the Rosetta Edition.
• ISO 639-1 code no, ISO 639-3 code nor

The information above is for the entire language. There are two varieties of it:

• Ethnologue entry for Bokmål, nob

• Ethnologue entry for Nynorsk, nno