Category:Norwegian terms by usage

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

• Category:Norwegian terms with archaic senses: Norwegian terms with individual senses that are no longer in general use but still encountered in older literature, sometimes still used for special effect, and typically recognized by native speakers.
• Category:Norwegian colloquialisms: Norwegian terms that are likely to be used primarily in casual conversation rather than in more formal written works, speeches, and discourse.
• Category:Norwegian derogatory terms: Norwegian terms that are intended to disparage, demean, insult or offend.
• Category:Norwegian dialectal terms: Norwegian terms that are not used in standard language but only in dialects.
• Category:Norwegian informal terms: Norwegian terms whose use is typically restricted to casual, non‐ceremonious conversations.
• Category:Norwegian nonstandard terms: Norwegian terms that are considered improper, incorrect or commonly misused.
• Category:Norwegian terms with obsolete senses: Norwegian terms with individual senses that are no longer in use and not usually recognized by native speakers, but still sometimes found in older literature.
• Category:Norwegian obsolete terms: Norwegian terms that are no longer in use and not usually recognized by native speakers, but still sometimes found in older literature.
• Category:Norwegian offensive terms: Norwegian terms that are typically considered to offend people.
• Category:Norwegian terms with rare senses: Norwegian terms with individual senses that are rarely found in general use and may not be recognized by some native speakers.
• Category:Norwegian slang: Norwegian colloquial terms that are typically used to mark membership in a cultural subgroup.
• Category:Norwegian superseded forms: Norwegian forms that have been superseded by other forms due to changes in spelling conventions.
• Category:Norwegian vulgarities: Norwegian terms whose tone (rather than the meaning) is offensive to polite company.