Lexic.us

Definition of Norwegian

1. Adjective. Of or relating to Norway or its people or culture or language. "Norwegian herring"

2. Noun. A native or inhabitant of Norway.

3. Noun. A Scandinavian language that is spoken in Norway.

Definition of Norwegian

1. a. Of or pertaining to Norway, its inhabitants, or its language.

2. n. A native of Norway.

Definition of Norwegian

1. Proper noun. The language of Norway. ¹

2. Noun. A native of Norway. ¹

3. Adjective. Of or pertaining to Norway (the country) ¹

4. Adjective. Of or pertaining to the Norwegian people ¹

5. Adjective. Of or pertaining to the Norwegian language ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Norwegian

Norvasc Norville Norvir Norwalk Norwalk agent Norwalk virus Norway Norway itch Norway lemming Norway lemmings

Norway lobster Norway maple Norway rat Norway rats Norway spruce Norwegian (current term) Norwegian-Canadian Norwegian Bokmål Norwegian Nynorsk Norwegian Sea

Norwegian Sign Language Norwegian elkhound Norwegian forest cat Norwegian krone Norwegian lobster Norwegian monetary unit Norwegian rat Norwegian rats Norwegian scabies Norwegianness

Literary usage of Norwegian

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H Warner (1902)
"When the Norwegian people became partly separated from Denmark, the earliest Norse patriotism in literature was that of Norwegian genius. ..."

2. Preventing Deadly Conflict edited by David A. Hamburg, Cyrus R. Vance (1998)
"Box 5.2 THE Norwegian EXAMPLE OF GOVERNMENT-NGO RELATIONS The so-called Norwegian Model provides an example of government-NGO cooperation to overcome the ..."

3. The Governments of Europe by Frederic Austin Ogg (1913)
"Norwegian people, either through the agency of a newly elected Storthing or directly by ... During a recess of the Riksdag a Norwegian plebiscite was taken, ..."

4. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero, Ernest Alfred Benians (1909)
"In the course of this diatribe, the young satirist exposed all the faults which disgraced the weltering confusion of Norwegian ideas, and in particular the ..."

5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"The Norwegian government would have been perfectly justified if, after this, they had withdrawn from the negotiations, but they did not wish to jeopardize ..."

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