norsk

See also: Norsk

Danish

Alternative forms

• no. (abbreviation)

Etymology

From Old Danish nornst, cf. Middle Norwegian nornskr. The adjective was probably derived from Old Norse norrœnn (“Norwegian”), from Proto-Germanic *nurþrōnijaz (“northern”). Cognate with English northern.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɔrsk/, [ˈnɒːsɡ̊]

Adjective

norsk (plural and definite singular attributive norske)

1. Norwegian (of or relating to Norway, Norwegians or the Norwegian language)

Inflection

Inflection of norsk

	positive	comparative	superlative
indefinite common singular	norsk	mere norsk	mest norsk2
indefinite neuter singular	norsk	mere norsk	mest norsk2
plural	norske	mere norsk	mest norsk2
definite attributive1	norske	mere norsk	mest norske

¹ When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
² The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Noun

norsk n

1. Norwegian (language)

Descendants

• Norwegian Bokmål: norsk

Faroese

Adjective

norsk

1. nominative feminine singular of norskur
2. nominative/accusative neuter plural of norskur

Icelandic

Adjective

norsk

1. inflection of norskur:
   1. feminine singular nominative strong positive degree
   2. neuter plural nominative strong positive degree
   3. neuter plural accusative strong positive degree

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Norwegian nornskr (“Norwegian”), from Old Norse norrœnn + -sk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɔʂk/, /nɔʃk/
• Rhymes: -ɔʂk

Noun

norsk m (definite singular norsken, uncountable)

1. Norwegian (language)

Adjective

norsk (neuter singular norsk, definite singular and plural norske, comparative norskere, indefinite superlative norskest, definite superlative norskeste)

1. Norwegian (of or relating to Norway, Norwegians or the Norwegian language)

Derived terms

• austnorsk
• dansk-norsk
• Den norske kirke
• fornorske
• gammalnorsk
• gammelnorsk
• heilnorsk
• helnorsk
• høgnorsk
• høynorsk
• kebabnorsk
• mellomnorsk
• midtnorsk
• nordnorsk
• normalnorsk
• norsk-dansk
• norsk-pakistaner
• norsk-pakistansk
• norsk-polakk
• norsk-svensk
• norsk-tysk
• Norskehavet
• norskekysten
• norskfødt
• nynorsk
• samnorsk
• svorsk
• særnorsk
• sørnorsk
• tysk-norsk
• vestnorsk
• østnorsk

See also

• bergensk
• bokmål
• innlandsmål
• landsmål
• riksmål
• stasjonsspråk
• trøndersk

References

• “norsk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Norwegian nornskr, from earlier norrǿnn (“Norwegian, northern”) +‎ -skr after the same pattern as svenskr and danskr. Cognate with Faroese and Icelandic norskur and Middle Low German norrensch, norrisch, nornsch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /norsk/, [nɞ̞r̥sk], [nɞ̞ɻʂk], /noʃk/, [nɞ̞ʂk], [nɞ̞ʃk]

Noun

norsk m (definite singular norsken, uncountable)

1. Norwegian (language)

Adjective

norsk m or f (indefinite singular neuter norsk or (unofficial) norskt, definite singular and plural norske, comparative norskare, superlative norskast)

1. Norwegian (of or relating to Norway, Norwegians or the Norwegian language)

Derived terms

• austnorsk
• dansk-norsk
• Den norske kyrkja
• fornorska
• fornorske
• gamalnorsk
• gammalnorsk
• heilnorsk
• høgnorsk
• kavnorsk
• mellomnorsk
• midtnorsk
• nordnorsk
• normalnorsk
• norsk-dansk
• norsk-pakistanar
• norsk-pakistansk
• norsk-polakk
• norsk-svensk
• norsk-tysk
• Norskehavet
• norskekysten
• norskfødd
• norskfødt
• nynorsk
• samnorsk
• svorsk
• særnorsk
• sørnorsk
• tysk-norsk
• vestnorsk

See also

• bergensk
• bokmål
• innlandsmål
• landsmål
• riksmål
• stasjonsspråk
• trøndersk

References

• “norsk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Pronunciation

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Adjective

norsk (comparative norskare, superlative norskast)

1. Norwegian (of or relating to Norway, Norwegians or the Norwegian language)

Declension

Inflection of norsk

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	norsk	norskare	norskast
neuter singular	norskt	norskare	norskast
plural	norska	norskare	norskast
masculine plural2	norske	norskare	norskast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	norske	norskare	norskaste
all	norska	norskare	norskaste

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Noun

norsk c

1. Norwegian (person)

Declension

Declension of norsk

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	norsk	norsks
	definite	norsken	norskens
plural	indefinite	norskar	norskars
	definite	norskarna	norskarnas

Hyponyms

• norska (“Norwegian (female)”)
• norrman (“Norwegian (male or of unspecified sex)”)

Anagrams

• korns