Bornholmsk

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proper noun

A language or Danish dialect spoken on the Baltic island of Bornholm.

OriginDanish bornholmsk →
Scrabble 21
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A language or Danish dialect spoken on the Baltic island of Bornholm.

    Bornholmers speak a language, Bornholmsk, that differs both from standard Danish and Swedish; its grammatical features such as triple genders are similar to those in Norwegian or Icelandic and its phonetic patterns similar to south-Swedish Scanian.

    2011, Norman Davies, Vanished Kingdoms, Penguin, published 2012, page 87

Origin

  1. Danishbornholmsk
  2. EnglishBornholmsk

Borrowed from Danish bornholmsk.

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Translations

Danish bornholmsk
  • bornholmskthe Danish dialect or language
Norwegian Bokmål bornholmsk
  • bornholmskthe Danish dialect or language
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APA

Bornholmsk. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bornholmsk

MLA

“Bornholmsk.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bornholmsk. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

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