Norwegian is an English word with synonyms like norse or nordic. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Norwegian meaning
The language of Norway, which has two official forms (written standards): Bokmål and Nynorsk.
Synonyms of Norwegian
Using Norwegian
- The main meaning on this page is: The language of Norway, which has two official forms (written standards): Bokmål and Nynorsk.
- Useful related words include: norse, north germanic, nordic, scandinavian language.
- In the example corpus, norwegian often appears in combinations such as: the norwegian, of norwegian, norwegian cruise.
Context around Norwegian
- Average sentence length in these examples: 32.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 16 start, 4 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Norwegian
- In this selection, "norwegian" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 32.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, told, reflect, register, government, journalists and air stand out and add context to how "norwegian" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 19th century norwegian authorities pressured, a more norwegian syntax and norwegian cruise. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "norwegian" sits close to words such as lunar, muhammadu and needing, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with norwegian
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A Pite Sami from Beiarn However, during the 19th century, Norwegian authorities pressured the Sami to make Norwegian language and culture universal. (22 words)
His Norwegian defense attorney Brynjulf Risnes told Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK) that he has no indications that Medvedev is dangerous or has abused Ukrainian prisoners of war. (26 words)
As loanwords are assimilated into Norwegian, their spelling might change to reflect Norwegian pronunciation and the principles of Norwegian orthography, e.g. zebra in Norwegian is written sebra. (28 words)
Task Force 5, to be landed by ship, had the mission of capturing Oslo and the Norwegian government early on the morning of April 9. The Germans believed that this would lead to a Norwegian surrender and a peaceful occupation of the country. (43 words)
While attending college, she began working for the UW-La Crosse Foundation where her passion for her Norwegian heritage was utilized as the lead for the Norskedalen development project, a Norwegian heritage site and nature area near Coon Valley, WI. (40 words)
The Norwegian state recognizes any Norwegian as Sámi if he or she has one great-grandparent whose home language was Sámi, but there is not, and has never been, any registration of the home language spoken by Norwegian people. (39 words)
Example sentences (20)
As loanwords are assimilated into Norwegian, their spelling might change to reflect Norwegian pronunciation and the principles of Norwegian orthography, e.g. zebra in Norwegian is written sebra.
Danish to Norwegian main From the 1840s, some writers experimented with a Norwegianised Danish by incorporating words that were descriptive of Norwegian scenery and folk life, and adopting a more Norwegian syntax.
The Norwegian state recognizes any Norwegian as Sámi if he or she has one great-grandparent whose home language was Sámi, but there is not, and has never been, any registration of the home language spoken by Norwegian people.
The originator of the Norwegian paper clip myth was an engineer of the Norwegian national patent agency who visited Germany in the 1920s to register Norwegian patents in that country.
His Norwegian defense attorney Brynjulf Risnes told Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK) that he has no indications that Medvedev is dangerous or has abused Ukrainian prisoners of war.
That’s the question that Norwegian cruise line asked of consulting firm Proactima AS when the Norwegian government asked it to start hauling vehicles on some of its coastal cruise ships.
Greenpeace Norway argues that Equinor has breached Norwegian law by failing to conduct proper due diligence or limit damage from its relationship with Delek Group under the 2022 Norwegian Transparency Act.
Norwegian broadcaster NRK first wants to hear from the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) what improvements the organizer wants to make, Stig Carlsen, head of the Norwegian Eurovision Song Contest delegation, told Aftenposten.
Plenty of Norwegian journalists waiting for him too - the head to head with Jakob Ingebrigtsen (the David Beckham of Norwegian sport) set to be one of the races of these Olympics.
Low-cost carrier Norwegian Air Shuttle used the aircraft to launch a subsidiary, Norwegian Air International, that sought to exclusively use the Max to connect secondary markets in the US and Europe.
Task Force 5, to be landed by ship, had the mission of capturing Oslo and the Norwegian government early on the morning of April 9. The Germans believed that this would lead to a Norwegian surrender and a peaceful occupation of the country.
The Norwegian government announced Monday it was tightening the rules for cruise ships by banning ships with more than 100 passengers from docking in Norwegian harbors and disembarking passengers and crew for two weeks.
While attending college, she began working for the UW-La Crosse Foundation where her passion for her Norwegian heritage was utilized as the lead for the Norskedalen development project, a Norwegian heritage site and nature area near Coon Valley, WI.
Back on home soil in November, Mr. Berg told Norwegian journalists that the F.S.B. had named others who, unknown to him, had supposedly worked for Norwegian intelligence.
The Norwegian Maritime Authority said three explosions were reported on board the Norwegian-owned tanker Front Altair after it was “attacked” along with the Singapore-owned ship Kokuka Courageous.
Bjoergen helped the Norwegian women win the 4×5-kilometer cross-country relay on Saturday to take home her 13th career medal, tying her with Norwegian biathlete Ole Einar Bjoerndalen for the most Winter Games medals ever.
Powerful underwater quake strikes off Norwegian Arctic islandA powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.8 struck in the Arctic Ocean Friday, northwest of a largely uninhabited and remote Norwegian island, officials said.
The event will feature Norwegian artifacts, an opportunity to learn how to make various Norwegian treats like lefse, krumkake and flatbrød, discover Scandinavian crafts such as hardanger, wood carving, and bentwood "tine" boxes, and so much more.
A Norwegian fjord near Kristiansund covered in sea ice seeAlso The use of the word fjord in Norwegian, Danish and Swedish is more general than in English and in international scientific terminology.
A Pite Sami from Beiarn However, during the 19th century, Norwegian authorities pressured the Sami to make Norwegian language and culture universal.
Phrases with norwegian
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with norwegian
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the norwegian 92×
- of norwegian 17×
- norwegian cruise 12×
- in norwegian 10×
- and norwegian 9×
- norwegian government 8×
- to norwegian 7×
- norwegian air 5×
- for norwegian 5×
- norwegian prime 5×