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 first explorer to complete the Northwest Passage solely by ship was Norwegian seafarer Roald Amundsen, from 1903 to 1906, more than 400 years after the first recorded attempt.

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There was like a Norwegian championship of army teams.

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For as tender and quietly introspective as Joachim Trier’s “Sentimental Value” eventually becomes, the Norwegian writer-director’s latest film opens in a frenzy.

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There are "major flaws" in the US plan under discussion Sunday to end the war in Ukraine, Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store told AFP in South Africa.

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The Nobel Committee, when announcing the recipient of the prize at the Norwegian Nobel Institute in Oslo, hailed Machado as "one of the most extraordinary examples of civilian courage in Latin America in recent times".

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