nordmann

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnuɾmɑn/
• Rhymes: -ɑn

Noun

nordmann m (definite singular nordmannen, indefinite plural nordmenn, definite plural nordmennene)

1. a Norwegian (person of Norwegian ancestry or inhabitant of Norway)
2. (dialectal, obsolete) an inhabitant of Western Norway (used among the peasants in the mountain valleys of Eastern Norway, who considered "north" upriver)

Related terms

• Nordmannsslepa
• Norge
• norsk

 

References

• “nordmann” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse norðmaðr, from norð- (“north”) +‎ maðr (“person, man”), equivalent to nord +‎ mann. Cognate with Faroese and Icelandic norðmaður, Swedish norrman and Danish nordmand.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²nuːrmanː/, /²nuːɽmanː/
• (2nd and 3rd sense) IPA^(key): /¹nurmanː/

Noun

nordmann m (definite singular nordmannen, indefinite plural nordmenn, definite plural nordmennene)

1. a northerner, person from the north

   Synonyms: nordbuar, nordlending

3. a Norwegian (person of Norwegian ancestry or inhabitant of Norway)
4. an inhabitant of Western Norway (used among the peasants in the mountain valleys of Eastern Norway, who considered “north” upriver)

   Synonyms: vestmann, vestlending

   • 1908, Rikard Berge, Myllarguten, page 94:

     Der møtte «nordmennane» med hestar, og kauparar møtte fraa heile Telemarki.

     There, the westerners [lit. Norwegians] met with horses, and buyers met from all across Telemark.

Derived terms

• nordmannsfe
• nordmannsferd
• nordmannshug
• nordmannskap
• nordmannsku
• nordmannssau
• Nordmannsslepa
• nordmannstæse
• Ola Nordmann

 

Related terms

• Noreg
• norsk

 

See also

• vestmann
• austmann

References

• “nordmann” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• “nordmann” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring