norsk

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Danish[edit]

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Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

  • IPA(key): /nɔrsk/, [ˈnɒːsɡ̊]

Adjective[edit]

norsk (plural and definite singular attributive norske)

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

Noun[edit]

norsk n

  1. Norwegian (language)

Descendants[edit]

  • Norwegian Bokmål: norsk

Faroese[edit]

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Adjective[edit]

norsk

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

Icelandic[edit]

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Adjective[edit]

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[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Danish norsk, from Old Danish nornst, cf. Middle Norwegian nornskr and Norwegian norsk.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

norsk m (definite singular norsken, uncountable)

  1. Norwegian (language)

Adjective[edit]

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[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

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.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

norsk m (definite singular norsken, uncountable)

  1. Norwegian (language)

Adjective[edit]

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[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Alf Torp (1919) “Norrøn”, in Nynorsk etymologisk ordbok, page 462

Swedish[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

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Adjective[edit]

norsk (comparative norskare, superlative norskast)

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

Declension[edit]

Inflection of norsk
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular norsk norskare norskast
Neuter singular norskt norskare norskast
Plural norska norskare norskast
Masculine plural3 norske norskare norskast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 norske norskare norskaste
All norska norskare norskaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

Noun[edit]

norsk c

  1. Norwegian (person)

Declension[edit]

Declension of norsk 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative norsk norsken norskar norskarna
Genitive norsks norskens norskars norskarnas

Hyponyms[edit]

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

Anagrams[edit]

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