Etymology

Høgnorsk

Today it means: conservative, unofficial and little used variety of the Norwegian language form Nynorsk that resists the attempted merger with Bokmål Full definition →

Norwegian høgnorsk
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  1. Norwegian · borrowed fromhøgnorsk
  2. Norwegian · borrowed fromhøgnorsk
  3. English todayHøgnorsk

Borrowed from Norwegian høgnorsk (“High Norwegian”).

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