Nynorsk

[ nee-nawrsk, -nohrsk; Norwegian ny-nawshk ]

noun

1. a literary language based on western Norwegian dialects and Old Norse and in 1885 adopted as one of the two official languages of Norway.

Nynorsk

/ ˈniːnɔːsk; ˈnyːnɔːsk /

noun

1. one of the two mutually intelligible official forms of written Norwegian: it also exists in spoken form and is derived from the dialect of W and N Norway Also calledLandsmål Compare Bokmål

Word History and Origins

Origin of Nynorsk¹

< Norwegian: literally, new Norwegian

Word History and Origins

Origin of Nynorsk¹

Norwegian: new Norse