landsmål

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From land + -s- + mål

Pronunciation

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

Noun

landsmål n (definite singular landsmålet, uncountable)

  1. a written standard for Norwegian created by Ivar Aasen in the mid-1800s; predecessor to Nynorsk
  2. the name given to Nynorsk until 1929.

See also

References


Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From land + -s- + mål

Noun

landsmål n (definite singular landsmålet, uncountable)

  1. a written standard for Norwegian created by Ivar Aasen in the mid-1800s; predecessor to Nynorsk
  2. the name given to Nynorsk until 1929.

See also

References

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