adj
Meaning 1
Of or pertaining to Norway (the country).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
Norwegian
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /nɔːˈwiːd͡ʒn̩/
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British, Southern, Standard: /noːˈwɪjd͡ʒn̩/
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US: /nɔɹˈwi.d͡ʒn̩/
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Australian, New-Zealand: /noːˈwiːd͡ʒn̩/
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Scotland: /nɔɾˈwi.d͡ʒn̩/
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rhymes with -iːd͡ʒən
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adj
Meaning 2
Of or pertaining to the Norwegian people.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Of or pertaining to the Norwegian language.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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name
Meaning 4
The language of Norway, which has two official forms (written standards): Bokmål and Nynorsk.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
A person of a North Germanic ethnic group native to Scandinavia, comprising the ethnic majority of Norway.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 6
A kind of fishing boat on the Great Lakes of North America.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adjective
Meaning 7
of or relating to Norway or its people or culture or language
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Norwegian herring
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Norse
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 8
a Scandinavian language that is spoken in Norway
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Scandinavian, Scandinavian language, Nordic, Norse, North Germanic, North Germanic language
Narrower terms: Bokmal, Bokmaal, Dano-Norwegian, Nynorsk, New Norwegian, Landsmal, Landsmaal
noun
Meaning 9
a native or inhabitant of Norway
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Norseman, Norse
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: European
History
Etymology
From Norwegia + -n or Old English Norweġ + -ian.
Across languages
Translations
350 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: Noors — of or pertaining to Norway
- Afrikaans: Noorweegs — of or pertaining to Norway
- Albanian: norvegjez — of or pertaining to Norway
- Arabic: نُرْوِيجِيّ (nurwījiyy) — of or pertaining to Norway
- Arabic: نُرْوِيجِيّ (nurwēgiyy) — of or pertaining to Norway
- Armenian: նորվեգական (norvegakan) — of or pertaining to Norway
- Asturian: noruegu — of or pertaining to Norway
- Azerbaijani: norveç — of or pertaining to Norway
- Basque: norvegiar — of or pertaining to Norway
- Belarusian: нарве́жскі (narvjéžski) — of or pertaining to Norway
- Belarusian: нарвэ́скі (narvéski) — of or pertaining to Norway
- Bengali: নরওয়েজীয় (norōẇejiẏo) — of or pertaining to Norway
- Bulgarian: норве́жки (norvéžki) — of or pertaining to Norway
- Burmese: နော်ဝေ (nauwe) — of or pertaining to Norway
- Catalan: noruec — of or pertaining to Norway
- Catalan: noruega — of or pertaining to Norway
- Catalan: norvegià — of or pertaining to Norway
- Catalan: norvegiana — of or pertaining to Norway
- Chechen: норгӏойн (norğojn) — of or pertaining to Norway
- Chinese Mandarin: 挪威的 (Nuówēi de) — of or pertaining to Norway
- Czech: norský — of or pertaining to Norway
- Danish: norsk — of or pertaining to Norway
- Dutch: Noors — of or pertaining to Norway
- Esperanto: norvegia — of or pertaining to Norway
- Esperanto: norveguja — of or pertaining to Norway
- Estonian: norra — of or pertaining to Norway
- Faroese: norskur — of or pertaining to Norway
- Finnish: norjalainen — of or pertaining to Norway
- French: norvégien — of or pertaining to Norway
- Georgian: ნორვეგიული (norvegiuli) — of or pertaining to Norway
- German: norwegisch — of or pertaining to Norway
- Greenlandic: norgemiu — of or pertaining to Norway
- Hawaiian: Nolewai — of or pertaining to Norway
- Hindi: नार्वेजियन (nārvejiyan) — of or pertaining to Norway
- Hindi: नॉर्वेजियाई (nŏrvejiyāī) — of or pertaining to Norway
- Hungarian: norvég — of or pertaining to Norway
- Hungarian: norvégiai — of or pertaining to Norway
- Icelandic: norskur — of or pertaining to Norway
- Interlingua: norvegian — of or pertaining to Norway
- Irish: Ioruach — of or pertaining to Norway
- Italian: norvegese — of or pertaining to Norway
- Japanese: ノルウェーの (Noruwē no) — of or pertaining to Norway
- Kazakh: норвегиялық (norvegiälyq) — of or pertaining to Norway
- Khmer: ន័រវែស (nɔəvɛɛh) — of or pertaining to Norway
- Korean: 노르웨이의 (Noreuwei-ui) — of or pertaining to Norway
- Kyrgyz: норвег (norveg) — of or pertaining to Norway
- Latvian: norvēģu — of or pertaining to Norway
- Latvian: norvēģisks — of or pertaining to Norway
- Lithuanian: norvegų — of or pertaining to Norway
- Lithuanian: norvegiškas — of or pertaining to Norway
- Luxembourgish: norweegesch — of or pertaining to Norway
- Macedonian: норвешки (norveški) — of or pertaining to Norway
- Mongolian: норвеги (norvegi) — of or pertaining to Norway
- Norwegian Bokmål: norsk — of or pertaining to Norway
- Middle Norwegian: nornskr — of or pertaining to Norway
- Middle Norwegian: nornsk — of or pertaining to Norway
- Middle Norwegian: nornskt — of or pertaining to Norway
- Norwegian Nynorsk: norsk — of or pertaining to Norway
- Persian: نروژی (norveži) — of or pertaining to Norway
- Polish: norweski — of or pertaining to Norway
- Portuguese: norueguês — of or pertaining to Norway
- Romanian: norvegian — of or pertaining to Norway
- Russian: норве́жский (norvéžskij) — of or pertaining to Norway
- Northern Sami: Norgga — of or pertaining to Norway
- Scottish Gaelic: Nirribheach — of or pertaining to Norway
- Scottish Gaelic: Lochlannach — of or pertaining to Norway
- Serbo-Croatian: но̀рвешкӣ — of or pertaining to Norway
- Serbo-Croatian: nòrveškī — of or pertaining to Norway
- Slovak: nórsky — of or pertaining to Norway
- Slovene: norvéški — of or pertaining to Norway
- Spanish: noruego — of or pertaining to Norway
- Swedish: norsk — of or pertaining to Norway
- Tajik: норвегӣ (norvegi) — of or pertaining to Norway
- Thai: นอร์เวย์ (nɔɔ-wee) — of or pertaining to Norway
- Turkish: Norveç — of or pertaining to Norway
- Turkmen: norweg — of or pertaining to Norway
- Ukrainian: норве́зький (norvézʹkyj) — of or pertaining to Norway
- Urdu: نورشک (noršk) — of or pertaining to Norway
- Uyghur: نورۋېگىيە (norwëgiye) — of or pertaining to Norway
- Uzbek: norveg — of or pertaining to Norway
- Vietnamese: Na Uy — of or pertaining to Norway
- Volapük: Norgänik — of or pertaining to Norway
- Afrikaans: Noors — of or pertaining to Norwegians
- Afrikaans: Noorweegs — of or pertaining to Norwegians
- Armenian: նորվեգական (norvegakan) — of or pertaining to Norwegians
- Asturian: noruegu — of or pertaining to Norwegians
- Basque: norvegiar — of or pertaining to Norwegians
- Catalan: noruec — of or pertaining to Norwegians
- Catalan: noruega — of or pertaining to Norwegians
- Catalan: norvegià — of or pertaining to Norwegians
- Catalan: norvegiana — of or pertaining to Norwegians
- Chechen: норгӏойн (norğojn) — of or pertaining to Norwegians
- Chinese Mandarin: 挪威人 (nuówēirén) — of or pertaining to Norwegians
- Czech: norský — of or pertaining to Norwegians
- Danish: norsk — of or pertaining to Norwegians
- Dutch: Noors — of or pertaining to Norwegians
- Esperanto: norvega — of or pertaining to Norwegians
- Faroese: norskur — of or pertaining to Norwegians
- Finnish: norjalainen — of or pertaining to Norwegians
- French: norvégien — of or pertaining to Norwegians
- Georgian: ნორვეგიული (norvegiuli) — of or pertaining to Norwegians
- German: norwegisch — of or pertaining to Norwegians
- Hawaiian: Nolewai — of or pertaining to Norwegians
- Hindi: नार्वेजियन (nārvejiyan) — of or pertaining to Norwegians
- Hindi: नॉर्वेजियाई (nŏrvejiyāī) — of or pertaining to Norwegians
- Hungarian: norvég — of or pertaining to Norwegians
- Hungarian: norvégiai — of or pertaining to Norwegians
- Icelandic: norskur — of or pertaining to Norwegians
- Interlingua: norvegian — of or pertaining to Norwegians
- Irish: Ioruach — of or pertaining to Norwegians
- Italian: norvegese — of or pertaining to Norwegians
- Latvian: norvēģu — of or pertaining to Norwegians
- Luxembourgish: norweegesch — of or pertaining to Norwegians
- Norwegian Bokmål: norsk — of or pertaining to Norwegians
- Middle Norwegian: nornskr — of or pertaining to Norwegians
- Middle Norwegian: nornsk — of or pertaining to Norwegians
- Middle Norwegian: nornskt — of or pertaining to Norwegians
- Norwegian Nynorsk: norsk — of or pertaining to Norwegians
- Polish: norweski — of or pertaining to Norwegians
- Portuguese: norueguês — of or pertaining to Norwegians
- Romanian: norvegian — of or pertaining to Norwegians
- Russian: норве́жский (norvéžskij) — of or pertaining to Norwegians
- Northern Sami: dáčča — of or pertaining to Norwegians
- Northern Sami: dáža — of or pertaining to Norwegians
- Scottish Gaelic: Nirribheach — of or pertaining to Norwegians
- Scottish Gaelic: Lochlannach — of or pertaining to Norwegians
- Serbo-Croatian: nòrveškī — of or pertaining to Norwegians
- Slovak: nórsky — of or pertaining to Norwegians
- Slovene: norvéški — of or pertaining to Norwegians
- Spanish: noruego — of or pertaining to Norwegians
- Swedish: norsk — of or pertaining to Norwegians
- Turkish: Norveç — of or pertaining to Norwegians
- Volapük: Norgänanik — of or pertaining to Norwegians
- Volapük: hi-Norgänanik — of or pertaining to Norwegians
- Volapük: ji-Norgänanik — of or pertaining to Norwegians
- Afrikaans: Noors — of or pertaining to the Norwegian language
- Afrikaans: Noorweegs — of or pertaining to the Norwegian language
- Armenian: նորվեգերեն (norvegeren) — of or pertaining to the Norwegian language
- Asturian: noruegu — of or pertaining to the Norwegian language
- Basque: norvegiar — of or pertaining to the Norwegian language
- Catalan: noruec — of or pertaining to the Norwegian language
- Catalan: noruega — of or pertaining to the Norwegian language
- Catalan: norvegià — of or pertaining to the Norwegian language
- Catalan: norvegiana — of or pertaining to the Norwegian language
- Chinese Mandarin: 挪威語 /挪威语 (nuówēiyǔ) — of or pertaining to the Norwegian language
- Czech: norský — of or pertaining to the Norwegian language
- Danish: norsk — of or pertaining to the Norwegian language
- Dutch: Noors — of or pertaining to the Norwegian language
- Esperanto: norvega — of or pertaining to the Norwegian language
- Esperanto: norveglingva — of or pertaining to the Norwegian language
- Faroese: norskur — of or pertaining to the Norwegian language
- Finnish: norjalainen — of or pertaining to the Norwegian language
- French: norvégien — of or pertaining to the Norwegian language
- French: norvégophone — of or pertaining to the Norwegian language
- German: norwegisch — of or pertaining to the Norwegian language
- German: norwegischsprachig — of or pertaining to the Norwegian language
- German: norwegischsprachlich — of or pertaining to the Norwegian language
- German: norwegischsprechend — of or pertaining to the Norwegian language
- Hawaiian: Nolewai — of or pertaining to the Norwegian language
- Hindi: नार्वेजियन (nārvejiyan) — of or pertaining to the Norwegian language
- Hindi: नॉर्वेजियाई (nŏrvejiyāī) — of or pertaining to the Norwegian language
- Hungarian: norvég — of or pertaining to the Norwegian language
- Hungarian: norvégiai — of or pertaining to the Norwegian language
- Icelandic: norskur — of or pertaining to the Norwegian language
- Interlingua: norvegian — of or pertaining to the Norwegian language
- Irish: Ioruach — of or pertaining to the Norwegian language
- Italian: norvegese — of or pertaining to the Norwegian language
- Latvian: norvēģu — of or pertaining to the Norwegian language
- Norwegian Bokmål: norsk — of or pertaining to the Norwegian language
- Norwegian Nynorsk: norsk — of or pertaining to the Norwegian language
- Polish: norweski — of or pertaining to the Norwegian language
- Portuguese: norueguês — of or pertaining to the Norwegian language
- Romanian: norvegian — of or pertaining to the Norwegian language
- Russian: норве́жский (norvéžskij) — of or pertaining to the Norwegian language
- Scottish Gaelic: Nirribheach — of or pertaining to the Norwegian language
- Scottish Gaelic: Lochlannach — of or pertaining to the Norwegian language
- Serbo-Croatian: nòrveškī — of or pertaining to the Norwegian language
- Slovak: nórsky — of or pertaining to the Norwegian language
- Slovene: norvéški — of or pertaining to the Norwegian language
- Spanish: noruego — of or pertaining to the Norwegian language
- Swedish: norsk — of or pertaining to the Norwegian language
- Turkish: Norveç — of or pertaining to the Norwegian language
- Volapük: Norgänapükik — of or pertaining to the Norwegian language
- Volapük: Norgänapükik — of or pertaining to the Norwegian language
- Volapük: Nula-Norgänapükik — of or pertaining to the Norwegian language
- Afrikaans: Noor — native of Norway
- Afrikaans: Noorweër — native of Norway
- Armenian: նորվեգացի (norvegacʻi) — native of Norway
- Asturian: noruegu — native of Norway
- Asturian: noruega — native of Norway
- Basque: norvegiar — native of Norway
- Bulgarian: норве́жец (norvéžec) — native of Norway
- Bulgarian: норве́жка (norvéžka) — native of Norway
- Catalan: noruec — native of Norway
- Catalan: noruega — native of Norway
- Chechen: Норгӏо (Norğo) — native of Norway
- Chinese Mandarin: 挪威人 (nuówēirén) — native of Norway
- Czech: Nor — native of Norway
- Czech: Norka — native of Norway
- Danish: nordmand — native of Norway
- Dutch: Noor — native of Norway
- Dutch: Noorse — native of Norway
- Esperanto: norvego — native of Norway
- Esperanto: norvegino — native of Norway
- Estonian: norralane — native of Norway
- Faroese: norðmaður — native of Norway
- Finnish: norjalainen — native of Norway
- French: Norvégien — native of Norway
- French: Norvégienne — native of Norway
- Georgian: ნორვეგიელი (norvegieli) — native of Norway
- German: Norweger — native of Norway
- German: Norwegerin — native of Norway
- Hawaiian: Nolewai — native of Norway
- Hebrew: נורווגי (noruvegi) — native of Norway
- Hebrew: נורווגית (norvegit) — native of Norway
- Hindi: नार्वेजियन (nārvejiyan) — native of Norway
- Hindi: नॉर्वेजियाई (nŏrvejiyāī) — native of Norway
- Hungarian: norvég — native of Norway
- Icelandic: Norðmaður — native of Norway
- Indonesian: orang Norwegia — native of Norway
- Interlingua: norvegiano — native of Norway
- Irish: Ioruach — native of Norway
- Italian: norvegese — native of Norway
- Japanese: ノルウェー人 (Noruwē-jin) — native of Norway
- Kazakh: норвегиялық (norvegiälyq) — native of Norway
- Kazakh: норвег (norveg) — native of Norway
- Korean: 노르웨이인 (noreuweiin) — native of Norway
- Korean: 노르웨이 사람 (noreuwei saram) — native of Norway
- Latvian: norvēģis — native of Norway
- Latvian: norvēģiete — native of Norway
- Lithuanian: norvegas — native of Norway
- Lithuanian: norvegė — native of Norway
- Luxembourgish: Norweeger — native of Norway
- Luxembourgish: Norweegerin — native of Norway
- Norwegian Bokmål: nordmann — native of Norway
- Norwegian Nynorsk: nordmann — native of Norway
- Persian: نروژی (norveži) — native of Norway
- Polish: Norweg — native of Norway
- Polish: Norweżka — native of Norway
- Portuguese: norueguês — native of Norway
- Portuguese: norueguesa — native of Norway
- Romanian: norvegian — native of Norway
- Romanian: norvegiancă — native of Norway
- Romanian: norvegiană — native of Norway
- Russian: норве́жец (norvéžec) — native of Norway
- Russian: норве́жка (norvéžka) — native of Norway
- Northern Sami: norgalaš — native of Norway
- Northern Sami: dárrolaš — native of Norway
- Scottish Gaelic: Nirribheach — native of Norway
- Scottish Gaelic: Lochlannach — native of Norway
- Serbo-Croatian: Norvéžanin — native of Norway
- Serbo-Croatian: Norvéžānka — native of Norway
- Slovak: Nór — native of Norway
- Slovak: Nórka — native of Norway
- Slovene: Norvežàn — native of Norway
- Slovene: Norvežánka — native of Norway
- Spanish: noruego — native of Norway
- Spanish: noruega — native of Norway
- Swedish: norrman — native of Norway
- Swedish: norska — native of Norway
- Swedish: norsk — native of Norway
- Tagalog: Norwego — native of Norway
- Tigrinya: ኖርወያዊ (norwäyawi) — native of Norway
- Tigrinya: ኖርወያዊት (norwäyawit) — native of Norway
- Turkish: Norveçli — native of Norway
- Ukrainian: норве́жець (norvéžecʹ) — native of Norway
- Ukrainian: норве́жка (norvéžka) — native of Norway
- Volapük: Norgänan — native of Norway
- Volapük: hi-Norgänan — native of Norway
- Volapük: ji-Norgänan — native of Norway
- Afrikaans: Noors — language of Norway
- Afrikaans: Noorweegs — language of Norway
- Albanian: gjuha norvegjeze — language of Norway
- Arabic: نُرْوِيجِيَّة (nurwījiyya) — language of Norway
- Armenian: նորվեգերեն (norvegeren) — language of Norway
- Asturian: noruegu — language of Norway
- Basque: norvegiera — language of Norway
- Belarusian: нарве́жская мо́ва (narvjéžskaja móva) — language of Norway
- Belarusian: нарве́жская (narvjéžskaja) — language of Norway
- Bengali: নরওয়েজীয় (norōẇejiẏo) — language of Norway
- Bengali: নরওয়েজীয় ভাষা (norōẇejiẏo bhaśa) — language of Norway
- Bulgarian: норве́жки (norvéžki) — language of Norway
- Catalan: noruec — language of Norway
- Chechen: Норгӏойн мотт (Norğojn mott) — language of Norway
- Chinese Mandarin: 挪威語 /挪威语 (nuówēiyǔ) — language of Norway
- Czech: norština — language of Norway
- Danish: norsk — language of Norway
- Dutch: Noors — language of Norway
- Esperanto: norvega — language of Norway
- Esperanto: norvega lingvo — language of Norway
- Estonian: norra keel — language of Norway
- Faroese: norskt — language of Norway
- Finnish: norja — language of Norway
- Finnish: norjan kieli — language of Norway
- French: norvégien — language of Norway
- Galician: noruegués — language of Norway
- Georgian: ნორვეგიული (norvegiuli) — language of Norway
- Georgian: ნორვეგიული ენა (norvegiuli ena) — language of Norway
- German: Norwegisch — language of Norway
- Bavarian German: Norwegésch — language of Norway
- Greek: νορβηγικά (norvigiká) — language of Norway
- Greenlandic: norskisut — language of Norway
- Hebrew: נורווגית (norvegit) — language of Norway
- Hiligaynon: Ninorwego — language of Norway
- Hindi: नार्वेजियन (nārvejiyan) — language of Norway
- Hindi: नॉर्वेजियाई (nŏrvejiyāī) — language of Norway
- Hungarian: norvég — language of Norway
- Icelandic: norska — language of Norway
- Indonesian: bahasa Norwegia — language of Norway
- Interlingua: norvegiano — language of Norway
- Irish: Ioruais — language of Norway
- Italian: norvegese — language of Norway
- Japanese: ノルウェー語 (Noruwē-go) — language of Norway
- Korean: 노르웨이어 (Noreuweieo) — language of Norway
- Latvian: norvēģu valoda — language of Norway
- Latvian: norvēģu — language of Norway
- Lithuanian: norvegų kalba — language of Norway
- Macedonian: норвешки — language of Norway
- Norwegian Bokmål: norsk — language of Norway
- Norwegian Nynorsk: norsk — language of Norway
- Persian: نروژی (norveži) — language of Norway
- Polish: język norweski — language of Norway
- Portuguese: norueguês — language of Norway
- Romanian: norvegiană — language of Norway
- Russian: норве́жский — language of Norway
- Northern Sami: dárọgiella — language of Norway
- Northern Sami: dárru — language of Norway
- Southern Sami: daaroengïele — language of Norway
- Scottish Gaelic: Lochlannais — language of Norway
- Scottish Gaelic: Nirribhidhis — language of Norway
- Scottish Gaelic: Nirribhis — language of Norway
- Serbo-Croatian: norveški — language of Norway
- Serbo-Croatian: норвешки — language of Norway
- Slovak: nórčina — language of Norway
- Slovene: norvéščina — language of Norway
- Spanish: noruego — language of Norway
- Swedish: norska — language of Norway
- Tagalog: Norwego — language of Norway
- Tagalog: Noruwego — language of Norway
- Tamil: நார்வீஜியன் (nārvījiyaṉ) — language of Norway
- Thai: ภาษานอร์เวย์ (paasăa norway) — language of Norway
- Tigrinya: ኖርወይኛ (norwäyña) — language of Norway
- Turkish: Norveççe — language of Norway
- Ukrainian: норве́зька (norvézʹka) — language of Norway
- Vietnamese: tiếng Na Uy — language of Norway
- Volapük: Norgänapük — language of Norway
- Volapük: Norgänapük — language of Norway
- Volapük: Nula-Norgänapük — language of Norway
- Walloon: norvedjin — language of Norway
- Welsh: Norwyeg — language of Norway
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