bokmål

See also: bokmal, Bokmål, and bókmál

Danish

Noun

bokmål n (definite singular bokmålet) (uncountable)

1. Bokmål (one of Norway's two official languages)

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian bokmål.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buk.mɔl/

Noun

bokmål m (uncountable)

1. Bokmål (Norwegian written language)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

bok (“book”) +‎ mål (“language”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbuːkmoːɽ/, /ˈbuːkmoːl/
• Rhymes: -oːɽ, -oːl

Noun

bokmål n (definite singular bokmålet) (uncountable)

1. Bokmål (one of Norway's two official languages)

See also

• bergensk
• høgnorsk
• innlandsmål
• landsmål
• nordnorsk
• norsk
• nynorsk
• riksmål
• samnorsk
• stasjonsspråk
• trøndersk
• vestnorsk
• østnorsk

 

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

bok (“book”) +‎ mål (“language”), equivalent to Old Norse bókamál, which meant Latin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²buːk.mɔːl/, /²buːk.mɔːɽ/
• Rhymes: -ɔːl, -ɔːɽ
• Hyphenation: bok‧mål

Noun

bokmål n (definite singular bokmålet, indefinite plural bokmål, definite plural bokmåla)

1. written language; the language used in books

   Synonyms: skriftmål, skriftspråk

   • 1869, Ivar Aasen, Minningar fraa Maalstriden um Hausten 1858:

     Um den sokallade „falske Fyresetningi,“ at eit Folk skulde sjølv kunna velja seg eit Bokmaal, kunde der vera ymist aa segja.

     About the so-called “false precondition”, that a people is able to choose a written language, one could say various things.

2. (uncountable) Bokmål (one of Norway's two official languages)

   Synonyms: norskdansk (literally “Norwegian Danish”), dansknorsk

Derived terms

• bokmålsk

Swedish

Etymology

bok +‎ mål, from the Danish bogmaal used in Norway since the 1850s to mean written standard language as opposed to dialects. Since 1929 this has been the official name for the written language, which was previously known as riksmål.

Noun

bokmål n

1. Bokmål (language)

Declension

Declension of bokmål
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	bokmål	bokmålet	—	—
Genitive	bokmåls	bokmålets	—	—