Norwegianization

noun

The former Norwegian government policy of assimilating the Sami and Kven peoples into an ethnically and culturally uniform Norwegian population.

“"Snøbrett" is a Norwegianization of "snowboard".”

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Meanings

nounNorwegianization (countable and uncountable, plural Norwegianizations)

plural Norwegianizations · alternative Norwegianisation

  1. uncountableThe former Norwegian government policy of assimilating the Sami and Kven peoples into an ethnically and culturally uniform Norwegian population.

    The joik, and Sami culture generally, for a long time had been endangered under the fornorsking, or Norwegianization, policy.

    2024 May 16, Avedis Hadjian, “The Sami people bring on spring - with reindeer and sleighs”, in The Christian Science Monitor
  2. countableThe changing of foreign words into a Norwegian form.

    "Snøbrett" is a Norwegianization of "snowboard".

Origin

From Norwegian + -ization.

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Norwegianization. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Norwegianization

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Chicago

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