Norwegian

English

Alternative forms

• (abbreviation): Nw.
• Norwayan
• Norvegian

Etymology

From Medieval Latin Norvegia (from Old Norse Norvegr (“Norway”)) +‎ -an, with v replaced by w due to influence from earlier English Norwayan (“Norwegian”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /nɔː.ˈwiː.d͡ʒən/
• (US) IPA^(key): /nɔɹ.ˈwi.d͡ʒən/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -iːd͡ʒən

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 (written standards): Bokmål and Nynorsk.

Related terms

(language):

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

 

Translations

native of Norway

• Afrikaans: Noor (af), Noorweër
• Armenian: նորվեգացի (norvegacʿi)
• Basque: norvegiar
• Bulgarian: норве́жец m (norvéžec), норве́жка f (norvéžka)
• Catalan: noruec (ca) m, noruega (ca) f
• Chechen: Норгӏо (Norğo)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 挪威人 (zh) (nuówēirén)

• Czech: Nor (cs) m, Norka (cs) f
• Danish: nordmand (da) c
• Dutch: Noor (nl) m, Noorse (nl) f
• Esperanto: norvego, norvegino (female)
• Estonian: norralane
• Faroese: norðmaður m
• Finnish: norjalainen (fi)
• French: Norvégien (fr) m, Norvégienne (fr) f
• Georgian: ნორვეგიელი (norvegieli)
• German: Norweger (de) m, Norwegerin (de) f
• Hawaiian: Nolewai
• Hebrew: נורווגי‎ m (noruvegi), נורווגית‎ f (norvegit)
• Hindi: नार्वेजियन (nārvejiyan), नॉर्वेजियाई (nŏrvejiyāī)
• Hungarian: norvég (hu)
• Icelandic: Norðmaður m
• Indonesian: orang Norwegia
• Interlingua: norvegiano
• Irish: Ioruach m
• Italian: norvegese (it) m or f
• Japanese: ノルウェー人 (ja) (ノルウェーじん, Noruwē-jin)
• Kazakh: норвегиялық (norvegiälyq), норвег (norveg)
• 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

• Persian: نروژی‎ (fa) (norveži)
• Polish: Norweg (pl) m pers, Norweżka (pl) f
• Portuguese: norueguês (pt) m, norueguesa f
• Romanian: norvegian (ro) m, norvegiancă (ro) f, norvegiană (ro) f
• Russian: норве́жец (ru) m (norvéžec), норве́жка (ru) f (norvéžka)
• Scottish Gaelic: Nirribheach m, Lochlannach m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: Norvéžanin (sh) m, Norvéžānka f

• Slovak: Nór (sk) m, Nórka f
• Slovene: Norvežàn (sl) m, Norvežánka f
• Spanish: noruego (es) m, noruega (es) f
• Swedish: norrman (sv) c (male), norska (sv) c (female), norsk (sv) c
• Tagalog: Norwego
• Tigrinya: ኖርወያዊ m (norwäyawi), ኖርወያዊት f (norwäyawit)
• Turkish: Norveçli (tr)
• Ukrainian: норве́жець m (norvéžecʹ), норве́жка f (norvéžka)
• Volapük: Norgänan (vo) m or f, hi-Norgänan m, ji-Norgänan f

language of Norway

• Afrikaans: Noors (af), Noorweegs (af)
• Albanian: gjuha norvegjeze f
• Arabic: نُرْوِيجِيَّة‎ (ar) f (nurwījiyya)
• Armenian: նորվեգերեն (hy) (norvegeren)
• Basque: norvegiera (eu)
• Bavarian: Norwegésch
• Belarusian: нарве́жская мо́ва f (narvjéžskaja móva), нарве́жская f (narvjéžskaja)
• Bengali: নরওয়েজীয় (bn) (norōẇejiẏo), নরওয়েজীয় ভাষা (bn) (norōẇejiẏo bhaśa)
• Bulgarian: норве́жки m (norvéžki) (ези́к)
• Catalan: noruec (ca) m
• Chechen: Норгӏойн мотт (Norğojn mott)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 挪威語／挪威语 (zh) (nuówēiyǔ)

• Czech: norština (cs) f
• Danish: norsk (da) n
• Dutch: Noors (nl) n
• Esperanto: norvega, norvega lingvo
• Estonian: norra keel (et)
• Faroese: norskt n
• Finnish: norja (fi), norjan kieli
• French: norvégien (fr) m
• Galician: noruegués (gl) m
• Georgian: ნორვეგიული (norvegiuli), ნორვეგიული ენა (norvegiuli ena)
• German: Norwegisch (de) n
• Greek: νορβηγικά (el) n pl (norvigiká)
• Greenlandic: norskisut
• Hebrew: נורווגית‎ f (norvegit)
• Hiligaynon: Ninorwego
• Hindi: नार्वेजियन (nārvejiyan), नॉर्वेजियाई f (nŏrvejiyāī)
• Hungarian: norvég (hu)
• Icelandic: norska (is)
• Indonesian: bahasa Norwegia (id)
• Interlingua: norvegiano
• Irish: Ioruais f
• Italian: norvegese (it) m
• Japanese: ノルウェー語 (ja) (ノルウェーご, Noruwē-go)
• Korean: 노르웨이어 (ko) (Noreuweieo)
• Latvian: norvēģu valoda, norvēģu
• Lithuanian: norvegų kalba (lt) f
• Macedonian: норвешки (јазик) m (norveški (jazik))
• Northern Sami: dárọgiella, dárru
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: norsk (no) m

  Nynorsk: norsk (nn) m

• Persian: نروژی‎ (fa) (norveži)
• Polish: język norweski m inan
• Portuguese: norueguês (pt) m
• Romanian: norvegiană (ro) f
• Russian: норве́жский (язы́к) m (norvéžskij (jazýk))
• 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: ኖርወይኛ (norwäyña)
• Turkish: Norveççe (tr)
• Ukrainian: норве́зька (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

• Afrikaans: Noors (af), Noorweegs (af)
• Albanian: norvegjez (sq)
• Arabic: نُرْوِيجِيّ‎ (nurwījiyy), نُرْوِيجِيّ‎ (nurwēgiyy)
• Armenian: նորվեգական (norvegakan)
• Azerbaijani: norveç
• Basque: norvegiar
• Belarusian: нарве́жскі (narvjéžski), нарвэ́скі (narvéski)
• Bengali: নরওয়েজীয় (bn) (norōẇejiẏo)
• Bulgarian: норве́жки (norvéžki)
• Burmese: နော်ဝေ (nauwe)
• Catalan: noruec (ca) m, noruega (ca) f, norvegià (ca) m, norvegiana (ca) f
• Chechen: Норгӏой (Norğoj)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 挪威的 (zh) (Nuówēi de)

• Czech: norský (cs) m
• Danish: norsk (da)
• Dutch: Noors (nl)
• Esperanto: norvegia, norveguja
• Estonian: norra
• Faroese: norskur m
• Finnish: norjalainen (fi)
• French: norvégien (fr)
• Georgian: ნორვეგიული (norvegiuli)
• German: norwegisch (de)
• Greenlandic: norgemiu
• Hawaiian: Nolewai
• Hindi: नार्वेजियन (nārvejiyan), नॉर्वेजियाई (nŏrvejiyāī)
• Hungarian: norvég (hu), norvégiai (hu)
• Icelandic: norskur (is) m
• Interlingua: norvegian
• Irish: Ioruach
• Italian: norvegese (it) m or f
• Japanese: ノルウェーの (ja) (Noruwē no)
• Kazakh: норвег (norveg)
• Khmer: ន័រវែស (km) (nɔəvɛɛh)
• Korean: 노르웨이의 (ko) (Noreuweiui)
• Kyrgyz: норвег (norveg)
• Latvian: norvēģu, norvēģisks
• Lithuanian: norvegų (lt), norvegiškas
• Luxembourgish: norweegesch
• Macedonian: норвешки (norveški)
• Middle Norwegian: nornskr m, nornsk f, nornskt n
• Mongolian: норвеги (norvegi)
• Northern Sami: Norgga
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: norsk (no)

  Nynorsk: norsk (nn)

• Persian: نروژی‎ (fa) (norveži)
• Polish: norweski (pl)
• Portuguese: norueguês (pt)
• Romanian: norvegian (ro)
• Russian: норве́жский (ru) (norvéžskij)
• Scottish Gaelic: Nirribheach, Lochlannach (dated)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: но̀рвешкӣ

  Roman: nòrveškī (sh)

• Slovak: nórsky (sk) m
• Slovene: norvéški (sl)
• Spanish: noruego (es)
• Swedish: norsk (sv)
• Tajik: норвегӣ (tg) (norvegī)
• Thai: นอร์เวย์ (th) (nɔɔ-wee)
• Turkish: Norveç (tr)
• Turkmen: norweg
• Ukrainian: норве́зький (uk) (norvézʹkyj)
• Urdu: نورشک‎ (noršk)
• Uyghur: نورۋېگىيە‎ (norwëgiye)
• Uzbek: norveg (uz)
• Vietnamese: Na Uy (vi)
• Volapük: Norgänik (vo)

of or pertaining to Norwegians

• Afrikaans: Noors (af), Noorweegs (af)
• Armenian: նորվեգական (norvegakan)
• Basque: norvegiar
• Catalan: noruec (ca) m, noruega (ca) f, norvegià (ca) m, norvegiana (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 挪威人 (zh) (nuówēirén)

• Czech: norský (cs) m
• Danish: norsk (da)
• Dutch: Noors (nl)
• Esperanto: norvega (eo)
• Faroese: norskur m
• Finnish: norjalainen (fi)
• French: norvégien (fr)
• Georgian: ნორვეგიული (norvegiuli)
• German: norwegisch (de)
• Hawaiian: Nolewai
• Hindi: नार्वेजियन (nārvejiyan), नॉर्वेजियाई (nŏrvejiyāī)
• Hungarian: norvég (hu), norvégiai (hu)
• Icelandic: norskur (is) m
• Interlingua: norvegian
• Irish: Ioruach
• Italian: norvegese (it) m or f
• 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)
• Russian: норве́жский (ru) (norvéžskij)
• Scottish Gaelic: Nirribheach, Lochlannach (dated)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: nòrveškī (sh)

• Slovak: nórsky (sk)
• Slovene: norvéški (sl)
• Spanish: noruego (es)
• Swedish: norsk (sv)
• Turkish: Norveç (tr)
• Volapük: Norgänanik m or f, hi-Norgänanik m, ji-Norgänanik f

of or pertaining to the Norwegian language

• Afrikaans: Noors (af), Noorweegs (af)
• Armenian: նորվեգերեն (hy) (norvegeren)
• Basque: norvegiar
• Catalan: noruec (ca) m, noruega (ca) f, norvegià (ca) m, norvegiana (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 挪威語／挪威语 (zh) (nuówēiyǔ)

• Czech: norský (cs) m
• Danish: norsk (da)
• Dutch: Noors (nl)
• Esperanto: norvega (eo), norveglingva
• Faroese: norskur m
• Finnish: norjalainen (fi)
• French: norvégien (fr), norvégophone
• German: norwegisch (de), norwegischsprachig, norwegischsprachlich, norwegischsprechend
• Hawaiian: Nolewai
• Hindi: नार्वेजियन (nārvejiyan), नॉर्वेजियाई (nŏrvejiyāī)
• Hungarian: norvég (hu), norvégiai (hu)
• Icelandic: norskur (is) m
• Interlingua: norvegian
• Irish: Ioruach
• Italian: norvegese (it) m or f
• Latvian: norvēģu
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: norsk (no)

  Nynorsk: norsk (nn)

• Polish: norweski (pl)
• Portuguese: norueguês (pt)
• Romanian: norvegian (ro)
• Russian: норве́жский (ru) (norvéžskij)
• Scottish Gaelic: Nirribheach, Lochlannach (dated)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: nòrveškī (sh)

• Slovak: nórsky (sk) m
• Slovene: norvéški (sl)
• Spanish: noruego (es)
• Swedish: norsk (sv)
• Turkish: Norveç (tr)
• Volapük: Norgänapükik, Norgänapükik (Bokmål), Nula-Norgänapükik (Nynorsk)

Derived terms

• Norwegianise, Norwegianize
• Norwegian Sea

See also

• Bokmål
• Høgnorsk
• Landsmål
• Nynorsk
• Riksmål

 

• 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 (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Norwegian, nor ⁠, a macrolanguage including:

• Ethnologue entry for Bokmål, nob ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Nynorsk, nno ⁠