Definitions
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- proper noun One of the two major written standards (
language variants) ofNorwegian .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun one of two official languages of Norway; based on rural dialects
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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And I'm quite sure in Norwegian Nynorsk it should be 'hvor', not 'kvor', although it's kinda pronounced that way.
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'' 'Nynorsk' '' ( 'new Norwegian') is one of the two official, standard varieties of the
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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'' 'Nynorsk' '' ( 'new Norwegian') is one of the two official, standard varieties of the
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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'' 'Nynorsk' '' ( 'new Norwegian') is one of the two official, standard varieties of the
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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'' 'Nynorsk' '' ( 'new Norwegian') is one of the two official, standard varieties of the
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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With various degrees of emphasis, the many projects within the large umbrella of Folkspraak try to unite living Germanic languages -- from the big four of English, High German, Dutch, and Swedish/Norwegian/Danish to the grab bag of smaller Germanic languages such as Low German, Afrikaans, Yiddish, Frisian, Icelandic, and Nynorsk -- under a single common auxiliary language.
Archive 2006-12-01 2006
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With various degrees of emphasis, the many projects within the large umbrella of Folkspraak try to unite living Germanic languages -- from the big four of English, High German, Dutch, and Swedish/Norwegian/Danish to the grab bag of smaller Germanic languages such as Low German, Afrikaans, Yiddish, Frisian, Icelandic, and Nynorsk -- under a single common auxiliary language.
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I can't remember my best friend's birthday, but I can remember obscure burlesque musical numbers in Nynorsk after fifteen years.
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They have four, and Norway alone has two Bokmal and Nynorsk.
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The actual level of popularity of Nynorsk might give us a clue.
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