Scandinavian

English

Etymology

Scandinavia +‎ -an

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌskændɪˈneɪvi.ən/
Audio (US) (file)
Hyphenation: Scan‧di‧na‧vi‧an

Noun

Scandinavian (plural Scandinavians)

Someone from Scandinavia.

Translations

someone from Scandinavia

Catalan: escandinau m
Czech: Skandinávec m, Skandinávka f
Danish: skandinav c
Dutch: Scandinaaf (nl)
Esperanto: skandinavo (man or woman), skandinavino (woman)
Estonian: skandinaavlane
Faroese: skandinavi m
Finnish: skandinaavi (fi)
French: Scandinave (fr) m or f
Galician: escandinavo m
German: Skandinavier (de) m, Skandinavierin (de) f
Greek: Σκανδιναβός (el) m (Skandinavós)
Hebrew: סקנדינבי‎ (he)
Hungarian: skandináv (hu)
Icelandic: Skandinavi m

Ido: Skandinaviano (io), Skandinavo
Irish: Lochlannach m
Italian: scandinavo (it) m
Latvian: skandināvs m, skandināviete f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: skandinav m

Nynorsk: skandinav m
Portuguese: escandinavo (pt) m
Russian: скандина́в (ru) m (skandináv), скандина́вка (ru) f (skandinávka)
Scottish Gaelic: Lochlannach m
Spanish: escandinavo (es) m
Swahili: Mskandinavi
Swedish: skandinav (sv) c
Turkish: İskandinav (tr), İskandinavyalı

Adjective

Scandinavian (comparative more Scandinavian, superlative most Scandinavian)

Of Scandinavia.
- 2013 June 8, “Obama goes troll-hunting”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 55:
  The solitary, lumbering trolls of Scandinavian mythology would sometimes be turned to stone by exposure to sunlight. Barack Obama is hoping that several measures announced on June 4th will have a similarly paralysing effect on their modern incarnation, the patent troll.
(Of a language) Of the North Germanic family to which Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, and Faeroese belong.

Derived terms

Scandinavian Peninsula

Translations

of Scandinavia

Asturian: escandinavu
Catalan: escandinau
Czech: skandinávský (cs)
Danish: skandinavisk
Dutch: scandinavisch
Faroese: skandinaviskur m
Finnish: skandinaavinen (fi)
French: scandinave (fr)
Galician: escandinavo
German: skandinavisch (de)
Greek: σκανδιναβικός (el) m (skandinavikós)
Hungarian: skandináv (hu)
Icelandic: skandinavískur m, norrænn (is) m
Ido: Skandinaviana (io), Skandinava

Irish: Lochlannach
Italian: scandinavo (it)
Latvian: skandināvu, skandināvisks
Norwegian: skandinavisk (no)
Polish: skandynawski (pl) m
Portuguese: escandinavo (pt)
Romanian: scandinav (ro)
Russian: скандина́вский (ru) (skandinávskij)
Scottish Gaelic: Lochlannach
Spanish: escandinavo (es)
Swahili: -a Uskandinavi
Swedish: skandinavisk (sv)
Tagalog: Eskandinabo
Turkish: İskandinav (tr)

of the North Germanic family of languages

Danish: skandinavisk
Dutch: Scandinavisch (nl)
Faroese: skandinaviskur m
Finnish: skandinaavinen (fi), pohjoisgermaaninen
French: scandinave (fr)
Galician: escandinavo m

Icelandic: skandinavískur m, norrænn (is) m
Ido: Skandinaviana (io), Skandinava
Latvian: skandināvu, skandināvisks
Swahili: -a Kiskandinavi
Swedish: skandinavisk (sv)

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Translations to be checked

Estonian: ^{(please verify)} skandinaavia

Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} סקנדינבי‎ (he)

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