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Nynorsk en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈninɔɹsk/ (General-American)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈnunɔɹsk/ (General-American)
  • /ˈniːnɔːsk/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈnjuːnɔːsk/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *nu Proto-Indo-European *néwos Proto-Germanic *niwjazder. Proto-Norse ᚾᛁᚹᚨᛉ (niwaʀ) Proto-Norse *ᚾᛁᚹᛦ (*niwʀ) Old Norse *ᚾᛁᚢᛦ (*niuʀ) Old Norse nȳʀ Old Norse nýr Norwegian Nynorsk ny Norwegian Nynorsk ny- Proto-Indo-European *nér Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *nŕ̥t(e)ros Proto-Germanic *nurþraz Proto-Germanic *ōnijaz Proto-Germanic *nurþrōnijaz Old Norse norðrǿnn Old Norse norrǿnn Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Old Norse -skr Middle Norwegian nornskrder. Norwegian Nynorsk norsk Norwegian Nynorsk nynorskbor. English Nynorsk Borrowed from Norwegian nynorsk (“Modern Norwegian”, literally “New Norwegian”).

Meanings

  1. One of the two major written standards (language variants) of Norwegian.
    • While 85-90% of Norwegians today use Bokmål as their written standard, Nynorsk is only used by about 10-15% of the population. Fosse’s English translator Damion Searls says many Nynorsk speakers see him “as a kind of national hero” for his championing of the language. 2023 October 5, Philip Oltermann, “Jon Fosse’s Nobel prize announces his overdue arrival on the global stage”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 06 Jan 2024:

Relateds

riksmål · Riksmål · Høgnorsk · Bokmål · høgnorsk · Landsmål · bokmål · landsmål

Synonyms

New Norwegian · Norwegian Nynorsk

Translations (38)

ru ню́норск (one of the two major Norwegian (written) languages) · hy նյունորսկ (one of the two major Norwegian (written) languages) · ka ახალი ნორვეგიული (one of the two major Norwegian (written) languages) · ko 뉘노르스크 (one of the two major Norwegian (written) languages) · is nýnorska (one of the two major Norwegian (written) languages) · cs nynorsk (one of the two major Norwegian (written) languages) · ru ню́ношк (one of the two major Norwegian (written) languages) · pl nynorsk (one of the two major Norwegian (written) languages) · hy նոր նորվեգերեն (one of the two major Norwegian (written) languages) · cmn 新挪威語 /新挪威语 (one of the two major Norwegian (written) languages) · de Nynorsk (one of the two major Norwegian (written) languages) · nl Nieuwnoors (one of the two major Norwegian (written) languages) · lv jaunnorvēģu valoda (one of the two major Norwegian (written) languages) · ja ニーノシュク (one of the two major Norwegian (written) languages) · lv jaunnorvēģu (one of the two major Norwegian (written) languages) · da nynorsk (one of the two major Norwegian (written) languages) · de Neunorwegisch (one of the two major Norwegian (written) languages) · gl nynorsk (one of the two major Norwegian (written) languages) · ga Nua-Ioruais (one of the two major Norwegian (written) languages) · sv nynorska (one of the two major Norwegian (written) languages) · ka ახალნორვეგიული (one of the two major Norwegian (written) languages) · nb nynorsk (one of the two major Norwegian (written) languages) · ka ნიუნორსკი (one of the two major Norwegian (written) languages) · fo nýnorskt (one of the two major Norwegian (written) languages) · fi uusnorja (one of the two major Norwegian (written) languages) · se ođđadárogiella (one of the two major Norwegian (written) languages) · bg ню́ношк (one of the two major Norwegian (written) languages) · uk нюношк (one of the two major Norwegian (written) languages) · vo Nula-Norgänapük (one of the two major Norwegian (written) languages) · nl Nynorsk (one of the two major Norwegian (written) languages) · ca nynorsk (one of the two major Norwegian (written) languages) · pt nynorsk (one of the two major Norwegian (written) languages) · nb målet (one of the two major Norwegian (written) languages) · fr néo-norvégien (one of the two major Norwegian (written) languages) · kmr nynorsk (one of the two major Norwegian (written) languages) · nn nynorsk (one of the two major Norwegian (written) languages) · fr nynorsk (one of the two major Norwegian (written) languages) · ru новонорве́жский (one of the two major Norwegian (written) languages)