bokmål

See also: bokmal and Bokmål

Danish

Noun

bokmål n (definite singular bokmålet) (uncountable)

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

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Norwegian Bokmål

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

• østnorsk
• riksmål
• samnorsk
• stasjonsspråk
• trøndersk
• vestnorsk

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

bokmål n (definite singular bokmålet) (uncountable)

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

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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 the official name for the written language previously known as riksmål.

Noun

bokmål n

1. Bokmål (language)

Declension

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