bunad

Norwegian Bokmål

girls wearing bunad

Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian Nynorsk bunad, from Old Norse búnaðr. Equivalent to bo (“to live, stay, dwell”) +‎ -nad. Cognate with Swedish bonad (“tapestry”).

Noun

bunad m (definite singular bunaden, indefinite plural bunader, definite plural bunadene)

1. a traditional Norwegian costume

References

• “bunad” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse búnaðr. Cognate with Swedish bonad (“tapestry”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²bʉːna(d)/

Noun

bunad m (definite singular bunaden, indefinite plural bunader or bunadar, definite plural bunadene or bunadane)

1. household, housekeeping
2. clothing

   Synonyms: klede, klednad, kledning

   1. one of the traditional Norwegian folk costumes; bunad
   2. any traditional folk costume

      Synonym: folkedrakt

Inflection

Historical inflection of bunad

		singular		plural
		indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
Aasen1		Bunad	Bunaden	Bunadar	Bunadarne
1901					bunadarne (bunadane)
1917					bunadane
1959				bunader	bunadene
1995				bunader [bunadar]	bunadene [bunadane]
2012 (current)		bunad	bunaden	bunadar, bunader	bunadane, bunadene

• Forms in italics are currently considered non-standard.
• Forms in [brackets] were official, but considered second-tier.
• Forms in (parentheses) were allowed under Midlandsnormalen.
• ¹Nouns were capitalised for most of the 19th century.

Derived terms

• altarbunad
• arbeidsbunad
• ballbunad
• bispebunad
• bondebunad
• bordbunad
• brudebunad, brurebunad
• brudlaupsbunad
• bunadbøling
• bunadopplag
• bunadsgogn
• bunadshandel
• bunadshandlar
• bunadshus
• bunadskap
• bunadsskjorte
• bunadssko
• bunadssnikkar
• bunadssylv
• bunadstad
• bunadsting
• dølebunad
• ferdabunad
• festbunad
• fiskebunad
• fjellbunad
• fjordbunad
• fotabunad, fotbunad
• førebunad
• gildrebunad
• helgebunad
• herkebunad
• hovdebunad, hovudbunad
• husbunad
• hærbunad
• innbunad
• juabunad
• kledebunad
• konebunad
• kvendebunad
• kvinnebunad
• køyrebunad
• landsbunad
• lausbunad
• nasjonalbunad (“national clothing”)
• ovbunad
• overbunad
• reisebunad
• skipsbunad
• skobunad
• skulebunad
• stasbunad
• stovebunad
• sumarbunad, sumarsbunad
• syknebunad
• tilbunad
• umbunad
• underbunad
• velsemdarbunad, velsemdbunad
• vetterbunad, vinterbunad
• vårvinnebunad
• øyebunad

Descendants

• → Norwegian Bokmål: bunad

References

• “bunad” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.