# Norwegian

Pronunciation: US say "nor-WEE-juhn" /nɔɹˈwi.d͡ʒn̩/; UK say "naw-WEE-juhn" /nɔːˈwiː.d͡ʒn̩/

## Adjective

1. Belonging to, coming from, or characteristic of Norway.
   - Simple: Coming from Norway or having to do with that country.
   - _She spent the whole summer hiking through the Norwegian mountains._
   - _The Norwegian government announced stricter rules on carbon emissions._
4. Relating to the language spoken in Norway.
   - Simple: Having to do with the language of Norway.
   - _Her Norwegian pronunciation improved a lot after a year in Bergen._
   - _The course covers Norwegian vocabulary and basic sentence structure._
5. Relating to or characteristic of the people of Norway.
   - Simple: Having to do with the people of Norway.
   - _Norwegian hospitality quickly made the visitors feel at home._
   - _The festival showcased Norwegian folk music, costume, and dance._

## Noun

2. A person who is a native of Norway.
   - Simple: A person who comes from 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._
3. The language spoken in Norway, written in two official standards: Bokmål and Nynorsk.
   - Simple: The main language of Norway, which has two written forms.
   - _He translated the novel from Norwegian into English._
   - _Children in Oslo learn to read and write Norwegian at school._
6. A type of fishing boat used on the Great Lakes of North America.
   - Simple: A kind of fishing boat used on the Great Lakes in 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._

## 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").

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/norwegian (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).