NORWEGIAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Norwegian mean? 

• NORWEGIAN (noun)
  The noun NORWEGIAN has 2 senses:

1. a native or inhabitant of Norway

2. a Scandinavian language that is spoken in Norway

  Familiarity information: NORWEGIAN used as a noun is rare.

• NORWEGIAN (adjective)
  The adjective NORWEGIAN has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to Norway or its people or culture or language

  Familiarity information: NORWEGIAN used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NORWEGIAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A native or inhabitant of Norway

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Norse; Norseman; Norwegian

Hypernyms ("Norwegian" is a kind of...):

European (a native or inhabitant of Europe)

Holonyms ("Norwegian" is a member of...):

Kingdom of Norway; Noreg; Norge; Norway (a constitutional monarchy in northern Europe on the western side of the Scandinavian Peninsula; achieved independence from Sweden in 1905)

Derivation:

Norwegian (of or relating to Norway or its people or culture or language)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A Scandinavian language that is spoken in Norway

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Norwegian" is a kind of...):

Nordic; Norse; North Germanic; North Germanic language; Scandinavian; Scandinavian language (the northern family of Germanic languages that are spoken in Scandinavia and Iceland)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Norwegian"):

Bokmaal; Bokmal; Dano-Norwegian (book language; one of two official languages of Norway; closely related to Danish)

Landsmaal; Landsmal; New Norwegian; Nynorsk (one of two official languages of Norway; based on rural dialects)

Derivation:

Norwegian (of or relating to Norway or its people or culture or language)

• NORWEGIAN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to Norway or its people or culture or language

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

Norse; Norwegian

Context example:

Norwegian herring

Pertainym:

Norway (a constitutional monarchy in northern Europe on the western side of the Scandinavian Peninsula; achieved independence from Sweden in 1905)

Derivation:

Norway (a constitutional monarchy in northern Europe on the western side of the Scandinavian Peninsula; achieved independence from Sweden in 1905)

Norwegian (a Scandinavian language that is spoken in Norway)

Norwegian (a native or inhabitant of Norway)

 Context examples 

A distinct characteristic of the Norwegian Elkhound is the absence of "dog odor".

(Norwegian Elkhound, NCI Thesaurus)

Writing in the journal BMC Medicine, researchers from Imperial College London and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology analyzed 29 previous studies from around the world on the health benefits of nuts.

(Daily Handful of Nuts Reduces Disease Risk, VOA)

The Hound Group encompasses a diverse lot. There are Pharaoh Hounds, Norwegian Elkhounds, Afghans and Beagles, among others.

(Hound Breed, NCI Thesaurus)

You may have read of the remarkable explorations of a Norwegian named Sigerson, but I am sure that it never occurred to you that you were receiving news of your friend.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A rare genetic syndrome which occurs primarily among individuals of Norwegian descent with an autosomal recessive pattern of inheritance.

(Aagenaes Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

I was born within a hundred miles of that stretch of water. But I was not born Norwegian. I am a Dane.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Some, such as the Norwegian Local Radio Association, are concerned about the impact on motorists and the elderly.

(Norway start a complete switch-off of national FM radio stations, Wikipedia)

An island group between the Norwegian Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, about one-half of the way from Iceland to Norway.

(Faroe Islands, NCI Thesaurus)

A purified Norwegian Beta-Glucan (NBG), extracted from the cell walls of baker's yeast.

(Immutol, NCI Thesaurus)

The captain was a fishy-eyed Norwegian who somehow had fallen into possession of a complete Shakespeare, which he never read, and Martin had washed his clothes for him and in return been permitted access to the precious volumes.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)