How do you pronounce norwegian?

The recorded pronunciation is /nɔɹˈwi.d͡ʒn̩/.

norwegian

/nɔɹˈwi.d͡ʒn̩/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.95 in modern English

Syllables: nor-we-gian
IPA: /nɔɹˈwi.d͡ʒn̩/

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Meaning

name

The language of Norway, which has two official forms (written standards): Bokmål and Nynorsk.

noun

A person of a North Germanic ethnic group native to Scandinavia, comprising the ethnic majority of Norway.

noun

A kind of fishing boat on the Great Lakes of North America.

adj

Of or pertaining to Norway (the country).

adj

Of or pertaining to the Norwegian people.

adj

Of or pertaining to the Norwegian language.

Example Sentences

"People don’t tend to use sounds that aren’t in their native language. (citation) So if you’re an English speaker, you’re not going to bust out some Norwegian vowels. This rather lets the air out of the theory that individuals engaged in glossolalia are actually speaking another language."
"[Kirsten] Gillibrand’s Mandarin can be written off as the résumé-building accomplishment of a striver, while Norwegian, which has no practical value for an American president, is taken as a sign of intellectual curiosity and authenticity — the sort of whimsical surplus achievement that often upstages workaday accomplishments."
"But despite the President’s offer, it’s unlikely that an influx of Norwegians will begin to settle in the US anytime soon."
"At the age of 22, the Norwegian forward had already established himself as one of the best goalscorers in European football – first at Red Bull Salzburg, then with two prolific seasons at Borussia Dortmund."
"Between Kiruna and the Norwegian border, along the chain of lovely lakes, a number of holiday resorts offering every comfort for the visitor have been developed."
"Since she sprang from the imagination of the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen in 1890, this coldhearted antiheroine has maintained a tight grip on the attention of audiences across the globe, outstripping all the many other complicated women in Ibsen’s oeuvre, even the door-slamming Nora of “A Doll’s House”."

Etymology

From Norwegia + -n or Old English Norweġ + -ian.

Origin

Source language: Old English

Word Breakdown

Root: Norweġ
Suffix: -ian

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /nɔɹˈwi.d͡ʒn̩/
British English: /nɔːˈwiːd͡ʒn̩/

Inflected Forms

Nw. (alternative) Norwayan (alternative) Norvegian (alternative) Norwegians (plural) more Norwegian (comparative) most Norwegian (superlative)

Derived Forms

Norwegianisation Norwegianise Norwegianization Norwegianize Norwegianness Scandiwegian

Phrases

Dano-Norwegian Middle Norwegian Neo-Norwegian New Norwegian Norwegian Bokmål Norwegian Nynorsk Old Norwegian Swedo-Norwegian

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