Norwegian
Noun pluralNorwegians
PluralNorwegians
- 1Belonging to, coming from, or characteristic of Norway.
She spent the whole summer hiking through the Norwegian mountains.
The Norwegian government announced stricter rules on carbon emissions.
- 2A person who is a native of Norway.
The Norwegian at the next table ordered a bowl of fish soup.
Norwegians often gather in the streets to celebrate Constitution Day on May seventeenth.
- 3The language spoken in Norway, written in two official standards: Bokmål and Nynorsk.
He translated the novel from Norwegian into English.
Children in Oslo learn to read and write Norwegian at school.
- 4Relating to the language spoken in Norway.
Her Norwegian pronunciation improved a lot after a year in Bergen.
The course covers Norwegian vocabulary and basic sentence structure.
- 5Relating to or characteristic of the people of Norway.
Norwegian hospitality quickly made the visitors feel at home.
The festival showcased Norwegian folk music, costume, and dance.
- 6A type of fishing boat used on the Great Lakes of North America.
The crew hauled their nets aboard the Norwegian before the storm hit the lake.
Two weathered Norwegians lay overturned at the boatyard, waiting for repairs.
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Origin
This comes from Medieval Latin Norvegia (from Old Norse Norvegr, meaning "Norway") plus the suffix -an, with the v changed to w under the influence of the earlier English word Norwayan ("Norwegian").