jøssing

See also: Jossing

Norwegian Bokmål

FWOTD – 11 February 2024

Recruting letter/hand-out for membership in Nasjonal Samling, Quisling's Norwegian Nazi Party in German occupied Norway during World War II. Photograph taken on February 25th, 2020 in the exhibitions of Norway's Resistance Museum in Oslo, Norway.

Etymology

From the place name Jøssingfjord, the name of a fjord in Rogaland, Norway where British naval forces on 16 February 1940 boarded the German auxiliary cruiser Altmark and freed 300 English prisoners.

The term was allegedly used for the first time - and in a derogatory sense - in an article in the Swedish Nazi magazine Sverige Fritt on the 31st of January 1941, and again in Fritt Folk on the 18th February the same year.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjœsːɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -ɪŋ
• Hyphenation: jøss‧ing

Noun

jøssing m (definite singular jøssingen, indefinite plural jøssinger, definite plural jøssingene)

1. (historical, World War II) a Norwegian opponent of Nazism (referring to conditions in Norway during the German occupation during the Second World War)

   Antonym: quisling

   alle de ansatte var gode jøssinger ― all of the staff were good jøssinger

   • 1970, Glåmdalen, page 3:

     to brødre, den ene hird, den andre jøssing, møttes på gaten

     two brothers, one hird, the other jøssing, met on the street

   • 1952, Torborg Nedreaas, De varme hendene, page 175:

     han var som disse tapre jøssingene hvis nasjonale innsats under den tyske okkupasjonen besto i å småerte myndighetene

     he was like these brave jøssings whose national efforts during the German occupation consisted of insulting the authorities

   • 1957, Jens Bjørneboe, Under en hårdere himmel, page 146:

     dette er et korstog, uansett hvad jøssingene hjemme tror. Det er jo dem vi [frontkjempere] forsvarer

     this is a crusade, no matter what the people at home think. These are the ones we [front fighters] defend

   • 1949, Knut Hamsun, Paa gjengrodde stier, page 24:

     jeg faar brever om at jeg vil bli læst i umindelige tider, ogsaa jøssinger skryter av mig

     I get letters that I will be read from time immemorial, also jøssinger brags about me

2. (agriculture, horticulture) a potato variety produced in Norway through refining, and used during World War II
   • 1962, Arbeiderbladet, page 5:

     «jøssing» brukes både som fabrikkpotet og i husholdningen. Spesielt i Nord-Norge brukes den mye til mat

     "jøssing" is used both as a factory potato and in the household. Especially in northern Norway it is used a lot for food

Derived terms

• ettermiddagsjøssing (“a Norwegian who is seemingly cooperating with Nazis during the Second World War, but who simultaneously wants to be seen as an opponent by others”)

References

• “jøssing” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “jøssing” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “jøssing” in Store norske leksikon