Category:Norwegian Nynorsk terms by usage

Norwegian Nynorsk terms categorized by the manner and context in which they are used by speakers.

• Category:Norwegian Nynorsk archaic terms: Norwegian Nynorsk terms that are no longer in general use but still encountered in older literature and still sometimes used for special effect.
• Category:Norwegian Nynorsk childish terms: Norwegian Nynorsk terms that are typically only used by, or to, children.
• Category:Norwegian Nynorsk colloquialisms: Norwegian Nynorsk terms that are likely to be used primarily in casual conversation rather than in more formal written works, speeches, and discourse.
• Category:Norwegian Nynorsk dated terms: Norwegian Nynorsk terms that are no longer fashionable, thus are anachronistic.
• Category:Norwegian Nynorsk derogatory terms: Norwegian Nynorsk terms that are intended to disparage, demean, insult or offend.
• Category:Norwegian Nynorsk dialectal terms: Norwegian Nynorsk terms that are not used in standard language but only in dialects.
• Category:Norwegian Nynorsk ecclesiastical terms: Norwegian Nynorsk terms used only by religious figures.
• Category:Norwegian Nynorsk endearing terms: Norwegian Nynorsk terms that are used to show affection or endearment to another person.
• Category:Norwegian Nynorsk formal terms: Norwegian Nynorsk terms whose use is typically restricted to polite, ceremonious, non-casual contexts.
• Category:Norwegian Nynorsk higher register terms: Norwegian Nynorsk terms belonging to a higher linguistic register, such as literary terms; such terms are somewhat less common or known.
• Category:Norwegian Nynorsk historical terms: Norwegian Nynorsk terms that refer to obsolete things or concepts.
• Category:Norwegian Nynorsk humorous terms: Norwegian Nynorsk terms that are humorous, amusing or joking.
• Category:Norwegian Nynorsk informal terms: Norwegian Nynorsk terms whose use is typically restricted to casual, non‐ceremonious conversations.
• Category:Norwegian Nynorsk nonstandard terms: Norwegian Nynorsk terms that are considered improper, incorrect or commonly misused.
• Category:Norwegian Nynorsk obsolete terms: Norwegian Nynorsk terms that are no longer in current use, but found in older texts.
• Category:Norwegian Nynorsk offensive terms: Norwegian Nynorsk terms that are typically considered to offend people.
• Category:Norwegian Nynorsk poetic terms: Norwegian Nynorsk terms whose usage is typically restricted to works of poetry.
• Category:Norwegian Nynorsk polite terms: Norwegian Nynorsk polite terms, which are used to show deference and respect.
• Category:Norwegian Nynorsk proscribed terms: Norwegian Nynorsk terms whose usage is proscribed; thus, they are considered wrong according to prescriptive sources.
• Category:Norwegian Nynorsk puristic terms: Norwegian Nynorsk terms adopted for linguistic purism.
• Category:Norwegian Nynorsk short forms: Norwegian Nynorsk terms that are short forms of other terms, often used informally.
• Category:Norwegian Nynorsk slang: Norwegian Nynorsk colloquial terms that are typically used to mark membership in a cultural subgroup.
• Category:Norwegian Nynorsk superseded forms: Norwegian Nynorsk forms that have been superseded by other forms due to changes in spelling conventions.
• Category:Norwegian Nynorsk technical terms: Norwegian Nynorsk terms that are usually or exclusively used in technical/scientific writing.
• Category:Norwegian Nynorsk terms with archaic senses: Norwegian Nynorsk terms that are no longer in general use but still encountered in older literature and still sometimes used for special effect.
• Category:Norwegian Nynorsk terms with historical senses: Norwegian Nynorsk terms with senses that refer to things or concepts mainly known for their historical value.
• Category:Norwegian Nynorsk terms with obsolete senses: Norwegian Nynorsk terms that are no longer in current use, but found in older texts.
• Category:Norwegian Nynorsk terms with rare senses: Norwegian Nynorsk rarely used terms or terms with rarely used senses.
• Category:Norwegian Nynorsk terms with uncommon senses: Norwegian Nynorsk uncommonly used terms or terms with uncommonly used senses.
• Category:Norwegian Nynorsk trademarks: Norwegian Nynorsk terms that identify legal entities, their products and services, by means of legal protection — to some extent, in a number of jurisdictions — against unauthorized use of the terms.
• Category:Norwegian Nynorsk vulgarities: Norwegian Nynorsk terms whose tone (rather than the meaning) is offensive to polite company.