norwegian

1. 1.

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

   “Norwegian herring”

   SynonymsNorse

Other forms of norwegian

plural

norwegians·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about norwegian

What does norwegian mean?

norwegian means "a native or inhabitant of Norway". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in norwegian?

norwegian has 3 syllables: nor-we-gian. The stress falls on "we". In IPA it is /ˌnɔɹˈwidʒən/.

What is another word for norwegian?

Close synonyms include Norseman, Norse, Norse. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is norwegian a common word?

norwegian is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.