landsmål

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Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Norwegian Bokmål Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology[edit]

From land +‎ -s- +‎ mål.

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landsmål n (definite singular landsmålet, uncountable)

  1. Landsmål (a written standard for Norwegian created by Ivar Aasen in the mid-1800s; predecessor to Nynorsk)
  2. Landsmål (the name given to Nynorsk until 1929)

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Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology[edit]

From land +‎ mål. Cognate with Faroese landsmál (regional language; Landsmål) and Icelandic landsmál (politics; Landsmål).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

landsmål n (definite singular landsmålet, indefinite plural landsmål, definite plural landsmåla)

  1. a national or regional language
  2. (uncountable) Landsmål (the name given to Nynorsk until 1929)

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Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From land +‎ mål. Cognate with Faroese landsmál (regional language; Landsmål) and Icelandic landsmál (politics; Landsmål).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

landsmål n

  1. A dialect (eg. of Swedish)
  2. Norwegian Landsmål