bunad

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian Nynorsk bunad, from Old Norse búnaðr. Equivalent to bo (to live, stay, dwell) +‎ -nad. Cognate with Swedish bonad (tapestry).

Noun

bunad m (definite singular bunaden, indefinite plural bunader, definite plural bunadene)

  1. a traditional Norwegian costume

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse búnaðr. Cognate with Swedish bonad (tapestry).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²bʉːna(d)/

Noun

bunad m (definite singular bunaden, indefinite plural bunader or bunadar, definite plural bunadene or bunadane)

  1. household, housekeeping
  2. clothing
    Synonyms: klede, klednad, kledning
    1. one of the traditional Norwegian folk costumes; bunad
    2. any traditional folk costume
      Synonym: folkedrakt

Inflection

Historical inflection of bunad
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
Aasen1 Bunad Bunaden Bunadar Bunadarne
1901 bunadarne (bunadane)
1917 bunadane
1959 bunader bunadene
1995 bunader [bunadar] bunadene [bunadane]
2012 (current) bunad bunaden bunadar, bunader bunadane, bunadene
  • Forms in italics are currently considered non-standard.
  • Forms in [brackets] were official, but considered second-tier.
  • Forms in (parentheses) were allowed under Midlandsnormalen.
  • 1Nouns were capitalised for most of the 19th century.

Derived terms

  • altarbunad
  • arbeidsbunad
  • ballbunad
  • bispebunad
  • bondebunad
  • bordbunad
  • brudebunad, brurebunad
  • brudlaupsbunad
  • bunadbøling
  • bunadopplag
  • bunadsgogn
  • bunadshandel
  • bunadshandlar
  • bunadshus
  • bunadskap
  • bunadsskjorte
  • bunadssko
  • bunadssnikkar
  • bunadssylv
  • bunadstad
  • bunadsting
  • dølebunad
  • ferdabunad
  • festbunad
  • fiskebunad
  • fjellbunad
  • fjordbunad
  • fotabunad, fotbunad
  • førebunad
  • gildrebunad
  • helgebunad
  • herkebunad
  • hovdebunad, hovudbunad
  • husbunad
  • hærbunad
  • innbunad
  • juabunad
  • kledebunad
  • konebunad
  • kvendebunad
  • kvinnebunad
  • køyrebunad
  • landsbunad
  • lausbunad
  • nasjonalbunad (national clothing)
  • ovbunad
  • overbunad
  • reisebunad
  • skipsbunad
  • skobunad
  • skulebunad
  • stasbunad
  • stovebunad
  • sumarbunad, sumarsbunad
  • syknebunad
  • tilbunad
  • umbunad
  • underbunad
  • velsemdarbunad, velsemdbunad
  • vetterbunad, vinterbunad
  • vårvinnebunad
  • øyebunad

Descendants

  • Norwegian Bokmål: bunad

References