urfolk
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Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From ur- + folk, after German Urvolk.
Noun
urfolk n (definite singular urfolket, indefinite plural urfolk, definite plural urfolka or urfolkene)
Synonyms
References
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From ur- + folk, after German Urvolk.
Noun
urfolk n (definite singular urfolket, indefinite plural urfolk, definite plural urfolka)
- an indigenous people; a people that maintains an original culture
- Synonym: opphavsfolk (literally “original people”)
- an origin people that modern ones descend from
- Synonym: frumfolk
References
- “urfolk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.