bokmål

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See also: bokmal, Bokmål, and bókmál

Danish

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Noun

bokmål n (definite singular bokmålet) (uncountable)

  1. Bokmål (one of Norway's two official languages)

French

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Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian bokmål.

Pronunciation

Noun

bokmål m (uncountable)

  1. Bokmål (Norwegian written language)

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

From bok (“book”) +‎ mål (“language”).

Pronunciation

Noun

bokmål n (definite singular bokmålet) (uncountable)

  1. Bokmål (one of Norway's two official languages)

See also

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

From bok (“book”) +‎ mål (“language”), equivalent to Old Norse bókamál, which meant Latin.

Pronunciation

Noun

bokmål n (definite singular bokmålet, indefinite plural bokmål, definite plural bokmåla)

  1. written language; the language used in books
    Synonyms: skriftmål, skriftspråk
    • 1869, Ivar Aasen, Minningar fraa Maalstriden um Hausten 1858:
      Um den sokallade „falske Fyresetningi,“ at eit Folk skulde sjølv kunna velja seg eit Bokmaal, kunde der vera ymist aa segja.
      About the so-called “false precondition”, that a people is able to choose a written language, one could say various things.
  2. (uncountable) Bokmål (one of Norway's two official languages)
    Synonyms: norskdansk (literally “Norwegian Danish”), dansknorsk

Derived terms

Swedish

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Etymology

From bok +‎ mål, from the Danish bogmaal used in Norway since the 1850s to mean written standard language as opposed to dialects. Since 1929 this has been the official name for the written language, which was previously known as riksmål.

Noun

bokmål n

  1. Bokmål (language)

Declension

Declension of bokmål 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative bokmål bokmålet — —
Genitive bokmåls bokmålets — —
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