Norwegian

[nawr-wee-juhn]

adjective

1. of or relating to Norway, its inhabitants, or their language.

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Norway.

2. the language of Norway, a Germanic language spoken in two different dialects known as Bokmål and Nynorsk. Norw

Norwegian

/ nɔːˈwiːdʒən /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of Norway, its language, or its people

noun

1. any of the various North Germanic languages of Norway See also Nynorsk Bokmål Compare Norse

2. a native, citizen, or inhabitant of Norway

Other Word Forms

• anti-Norwegian adjective
• pro-Norwegian adjective
• pseudo-Norwegian adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of Norwegian¹

1595–1605; earlier Norvegian < Medieval Latin Norvegi ( a ) Norway + -an

Example Sentences

The Norwegian foreign ministry called the decision "regrettable".

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In selecting Machado, the Norwegian Nobel Committee cited “her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.”

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For the most part, the award has become a generalized tribute to activists for human rights and democracy or symbols of progress, at least as those things are defined by a committee of upper-crust Norwegians.

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This followed similar incidents around airports in the Norwegian capital Oslo, Copenhagen and other Danish cities.

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Representatives of Polymarket and the Norwegian Nobel Institute didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment.

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