orientering

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔriənteːrenɡ/, [ɒiənˈtˢeːˀɐ̯eŋ]

Noun

orientering c (singular definite orienteringen, plural indefinite orienteringer)

1. orientation
2. briefing, information

Inflection

Declension of orientering

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	orientering	orienteringen	orienteringer	orienteringerne
genitive	orienterings	orienteringens	orienteringers	orienteringernes

Further reading

• orientering on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From orientere +‎ -ing.

Noun

orientering f or m (definite singular orienteringa or orienteringen, indefinite plural orienteringer, definite plural orienteringene)

1. a briefing
2. orientation
3. (sports) orienteering

Derived terms

• seksuell orientering

References

• “orientering” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From orientere +‎ -ing.

Noun

orientering f (definite singular orienteringa, indefinite plural orienteringar, definite plural orienteringane)

1. a briefing
2. orientation
3. (sports) orienteering

Derived terms

• seksuell orientering

References

• “orientering” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From orientera +‎ -ing. According to the Svenska Orienteringsförbundet (Swedish Orienteering Federation), the first known written record of the word orientering in the sense of finding one's way in an unknown terrain with the aid of a map, is from a report by the director of Sweden's Royal War Academy at Karlberg, colonel H. Thulstrup, in 1886.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔrjɛn¹teːrɪŋ/

• Audio:

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Noun

orientering c

1. orientation; inclination, direction, position; the ability to find one's way or to know precisely where one is located (also figuratively)
2. (mathematics) orientation
3. orientation; the act of orienting something
4. an orientation, a briefing, a short summary
5. (sports, uncountable) orienteering; racing through unfamiliar terrain

Declension

Declension of orientering

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	orientering	orienterings
	definite	orienteringen	orienteringens
plural	indefinite	orienteringar	orienteringars
	definite	orienteringarna	orienteringarnas

Related terms

• orienterare
• orienteringstävling

References

• orientering in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• orientering in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• orientering in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)