bløde kyststribe

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From standard Bokmål "den bløte kyststripe", converted into the dialectal form of the area contained in the expression.

Noun

bløde kyststribe f or m (definite singular bløde kyststriba or bløde kyststriben, uncountable)

1. (idiomatic) A section of the Norwegian coastal landscape of Southern Norway ranging from the two Agder counties to Rogaland where the dialects are marked by a voicing (therefore called softening) of consonants, i.e. p, t, k becomes b, d, g in many words.