Telemark

See also: telemark and télémark

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian Telemark.

Proper noun

Telemark (uncountable)

  1. A county of Norway.

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse Þelamǫrk, from the genitive plural case of þelir (name of an old Germanic tribe) + mǫrk (“borderland, march, mark, woodland”).

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Te‧le‧mark

Proper noun

Telemark

  1. a county of Eastern Norway
  • telemarking
  • Vestfold og Telemark (county, which existed from 2020 to 2024)

Descendants

  • English: telemark

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

  • Telamork, Telamark (unofficial)

Etymology

tele (“someone from Telemark”) +‎ mark (“land; march”); from Old Norse Þelamǫrk, from genitive plural of þelir (name of an old Germanic tribe) +‎ mǫrk (“borderland, march, mark, woodland”).

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Te‧le‧mark

Proper noun

Telemark f

  1. a county of Eastern Norway
  • telemarking
  • Vestfold og Telemark (county, which existed from 2020 to 2024)

Descendants

References

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