Nynorsk
[
nee
-nawrsk, -nohrsk;
Norwegian
n
y
-nawshk]
/ˈni nɔrsk, -noʊrsk;
Norwegian
ˈnüˌnɔʃk/
noun
1.
a literary language based on western Norwegian dialects and Old Norse and in 1885 adopted as one of the two official languages of Norway.
Also called
Landsmål
,
New Norse
.
Compare
Bokmål
.
Origin
<
Norwegian:
literally, new
Norwegian
British Dictionary definitions for
Nynorsk
Nynorsk
/
Norwegian
ˈnyːnɔːsk;
English
ˈniːnɔːsk
/
noun
1.
one of the two mutually intelligible official forms of written Norwegian: it also exists in spoken form and is derived from the dialect of W and N Norway
Also called
Landsmål
Compare
Bokmål
Word Origin
Norwegian: new Norse