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Riksmål

Riksmål proper noun: a conservative variety of Bokmål that is closer to Danish, sometimes using unofficial spellings that have been removed from standard Bokmål.

Proper noun

Riksmål

  1. A conservative variety of Bokmål that is closer to Danish, sometimes using unofficial spellings that have been removed from standard Bokmål.

Forms of Riksmål

alternative formRigsmaal
alternative formRiksmaal

Origin of Riksmål

From Norwegian riksmål.

Questions about Riksmål

What does Riksmål mean?
Riksmål means a conservative variety of Bokmål that is closer to Danish, sometimes using unofficial spellings that have been removed from standard Bokmål.
What part of speech is Riksmål?
Riksmål is a proper noun.

Words near Riksmål in the dictionary

  1. riksha
  2. rikshas
  3. rikshaw
  4. rikshaws
  5. Riksmaal
  6. Riksmål
  7. rilandite
  8. rilawa
  9. rilawas
  10. rile
  11. rile up

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