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Landsmål

Landsmål proper noun: a written standard for Norwegian created by Ivar Aasen in the mid-1800s; predecessor to Nynorsk.

Proper noun

Landsmål

  1. A written standard for Norwegian created by Ivar Aasen in the mid-1800s; predecessor to Nynorsk.
    • Political parties had to tailor their programmes according to the taste of the electorate on the basis of the Riksmål/Landsmål controversy.2000, Gyula Décsy, The Linguistic Identity of Europe: The 62 Languages of Europe Classified in Functional Zones, Eurolingua, →ISBN, page 84
    • In 1885, Landsmål won official recognition from the government; in 1929 it was renamed Nynorsk ("new Norwegian").2000, Frankie B. Shackelford, transl., Ave Eva: A Norwegian Tragedy, Xenos Books, translation of Ave Eva: Herregårdsroman by Edvard Hoem, page viii

Forms of Landsmål

alternative formLandsmaal

Origin of Landsmål

From Norwegian landsmål (Bokmål entry; Nynorsk entry); called so by Ivar Aasen.

Questions about Landsmål

What does Landsmål mean?
Landsmål means a written standard for Norwegian created by Ivar Aasen in the mid-1800s; predecessor to Nynorsk.
What part of speech is Landsmål?
Landsmål is a proper noun.

Words near Landsmål in the dictionary

  1. landsmanschafts
  2. landsmanshaft
  3. landsmanshaftn
  4. landsmanshafts
  5. landsmen
  6. Landsmål
  7. landsnail
  8. landsnails
  9. landspout
  10. landspouts
  11. landspreading

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