norsk

See also: Norsk

Danish

Alternative forms

  • no. (abbreviation)

Etymology

From Old Danish nornst, cf. Middle Norwegian nornskr. The adjective was probably derived from Old Norse norrœnn (Norwegian), from Proto-Germanic *nurþrōnijaz (northern). Cognate with English northern.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nɔrsk/, [ˈnɒːsɡ̊]

Adjective

norsk (plural and definite singular attributive norske)

  1. Norwegian (of or relating to Norway, Norwegians or the Norwegian language)

Noun

norsk n

  1. Norwegian (language)

Descendants

  • Norwegian Bokmål: norsk

Faroese

Adjective

norsk

  1. nominative feminine singular of norskur
  2. nominative/accusative neuter plural of norskur

Icelandic

Adjective

norsk

  1. inflection of norskur:
    1. feminine singular nominative strong positive degree
    2. neuter plural nominative strong positive degree
    3. neuter plural accusative strong positive degree

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Norwegian nornskr (Norwegian), from Old Norse norrœnn + -sk.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nɔʂk/, /nɔʃk/
  • Rhymes: -ɔʂk

Noun

norsk m (definite singular norsken, uncountable)

  1. Norwegian (language)

Adjective

norsk (neuter singular norsk, definite singular and plural norske, comparative norskere, indefinite superlative norskest, definite superlative norskeste)

  1. Norwegian (of or relating to Norway, Norwegians or the Norwegian language)

Derived terms

See also

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Norwegian nornskr, from earlier norrǿnn (Norwegian, northern) +‎ -skr after the same pattern as svenskr and danskr. Cognate with Faroese and Icelandic norskur and Middle Low German norrensch, norrisch, nornsch.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /norsk/, [nɞ̞r̥sk], [nɞ̞ɻʂk], /noʃk/, [nɞ̞ʂk], [nɞ̞ʃk]

Noun

norsk m (definite singular norsken, uncountable)

  1. Norwegian (language)

Adjective

norsk m or f (indefinite singular neuter norsk or (unofficial) norskt, definite singular and plural norske, comparative norskare, superlative norskast)

  1. Norwegian (of or relating to Norway, Norwegians or the Norwegian language)

Derived terms

See also

References

  1. ^ Alf Torp (1919) “Norrøn”, in Nynorsk etymologisk ordbok, page 462

Swedish

Pronunciation

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Adjective

norsk (comparative norskare, superlative norskast)

  1. Norwegian (of or relating to Norway, Norwegians or the Norwegian language)

Declension

Inflection of norsk
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular norsk norskare norskast
neuter singular norskt norskare norskast
plural norska norskare norskast
masculine plural2 norske norskare norskast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 norske norskare norskaste
all norska norskare norskaste

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Noun

norsk c

  1. Norwegian (person)

Declension

Hyponyms

  • norska (Norwegian (female))
  • norrman (Norwegian (male or of unspecified sex))

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