urfolk

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From ur- +‎ folk, after German Urvolk.

Noun

urfolk n (definite singular urfolket, indefinite plural urfolk, definite plural urfolka or urfolkene)

  1. indigenous people

Synonyms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From ur- +‎ folk, after German Urvolk.

Noun

urfolk n (definite singular urfolket, indefinite plural urfolk, definite plural urfolka)

  1. an indigenous people; a people that maintains an original culture
    Synonym: opphavsfolk (literally “original people”)
  2. an origin people that modern ones descend from
    Synonym: frumfolk

References

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