landsmål

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From land + -s- + mål.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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)

See also

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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)

See also

References

Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlandsmoːl/

Noun

landsmål n

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