Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

riksmål

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: riks-mal
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A conservative variety of Bokmål that is closer to Danish, sometimes using unofficial spellings that have been removed from standard Bokmål.

Etymology

From Norwegian riksmål.

Origin

Source language: Norwegian

Word Breakdown

Root: riksmål

Inflected Forms

Rigsmaal (alternative) Riksmaal (alternative)

Questions

What does riksmål mean?: A conservative variety of Bokmål that is closer to Danish, sometimes using unofficial spellings that have been removed from standard Bokmål.
Where does riksmål come from?: It is traced to Norwegian.

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