landsmål

From land +‎ -s- +‎ mål.

• IPA^(key): /lɑnsmoːɽ/, /lɑnsmoːl/
• Rhymes: -oːɽ, -oːl

landsmål n (definite singular landsmålet, uncountable)

1. Landsmål (a written standard for Norwegian created by Ivar Aasen in the mid-1800s; predecessor to Nynorsk)
2. Landsmål (the name given to Nynorsk until 1929)

• Wikipedia article on the Norwegian language

• “landsmål” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From land +‎ mål. Cognate with Faroese landsmál (“regional language; Landsmål”) and Icelandic landsmál (“politics; Landsmål”).

• IPA^(key): /lansmɔːl/, /lansmɔːɽ/
• Rhymes: -ɔːl, -ɔːɽ

landsmål n (definite singular landsmålet, indefinite plural landsmål, definite plural landsmåla)

1. a national or regional language
2. (uncountable) Landsmål (the name given to Nynorsk until 1929)

• Wikipedia article on the Norwegian language

• “landsmål” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From land +‎ mål. Cognate with Faroese landsmál (“regional language; Landsmål”) and Icelandic landsmál (“politics; Landsmål”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈlandsmoːl/

landsmål n

1. A dialect (eg. of Swedish)
2. Norwegian Landsmål