Lofoten

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Lofoten

1. a chain of islands in Nordland county, Norway, which jut out into the Norwegian Sea.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Reine in Lofoten.

Etymology

From Old Norse Lófótr, from *ló (“lynx”) +‎ fótr (“foot”). Cognate with Icelandic Lófót f and Danish Lofoden (“Danicised form”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²luːfu(ː)tən/, /²lufutən/

Proper noun

Lofoten m (indefinite Lofot)

1. A chain of islands in Nordland county, Norway, which jut out into the Norwegian Sea

Derived terms

Most of the compounds of lofot- refer to the fishing outside Lofoten.

• lofotagn
• lofotbrev
• lofotbruk
• lofotbrød
• lofotbør
• lofotbåt
• lofotfarar (“someone that goes to Lofoten to fish”)
• lofotferd (“journey to fish in Lofoten”)
• lofotfiskar (“fisherman in Lofoten”)
• lofotfiske (“fishing in Lofoten”)
• lofotfolk
• lofotgarn
• lofotgåve
• lofothav
• lofothest
• lofothund
• lofoting, lofotværing, loføting (“someone from Lofoten”)
• lofotjakt
• lofotjolle
• lofotkake
• lofotkar
• lofotkavring
• lofotkiste
• lofotklede
• lofotkost
• lofotkringle
• lofotlefse
• lofotline
• lofotlut
• lofotmann
• lofotmølje (“dish made of fish, liver, roe and potatoes boiled together”)
• lofotrive
• lofotrom
• lofotrye (“thick wool blanket for the fishing journey in Lofoten”)
• Lofotrådet
• lofotskolp
• lofotskrot, lofotskrote
• lofottid (“time when fishing in Lofoten”)
• lofottidend (“news from the Lofot fishermen”)
• lofottorsk
• lofottur
• lofotveggen (“The Lofot Wall”)
• lofotvær
• Lofotøyane (“the Lofot islands”)

 

See also

• Ofoten