forkortelse

Verbal noun to forkorte (“shorten, abridge, abbreviate”) +‎ -else, from Middle Low German vorkorten, from kort (“short”), from Latin curtus.

• IPA^(key): /fɔrˈkɔrtəlsə/, [fʌˈkʰɒːd̥l̩sə]

forkortelse c (singular definite forkortelsen, plural indefinite forkortelser)

1. abbreviation (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)
2. shortening
3. abridgment
4. cut
5. contraction
6. reduction

From forkorte +‎ -else.

forkortelse m (definite singular forkortelsen, indefinite plural forkortelser, definite plural forkortelsene)

1. an abbreviation (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)

   Synonym: abbreviering

• forkorting

• “forkortelse” in The Bokmål Dictionary.