riksmål

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

riks- (national-) +‎ mål (language)

Noun

riksmål n (definite singular riksmålet) (uncountable)

  1. Riksmål (a conservative and unofficial variety of Bokmål that resists the attempted merger with Nynorsk.)

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

riks- (“national”) +‎ mål (“language”).

Noun

riksmål n (definite singular riksmålet) (uncountable)

  1. a standard language, a common spoken and written language in a country
    Synonym: landsmål
  2. Riksmål (a conservative and unofficial variety of Bokmål that resists the attempted merger with Nynorsk.)

References

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