Scandinavianize

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verb

To make (something) Scandinavian in character.

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Meanings

verbScandinavianize (third-person singular simple present Scandinavianizes, present participle Scandinavianizing, simple past and past participle Scandinavianized)

present singular third person Scandinavianizes · participle present Scandinavianizing · participle past Scandinavianized · past Scandinavianized

  1. transitiveTo make (something) Scandinavian in character.

    I may explore different influences, but I always Scandinavianize them and use Danish products: goose, prunes, cabbage, apples, pork, mushrooms.

    2000 December, Raphael Kadushin, quoting Allan Schultz, “A Copenhagen Christmas”, in Bon Appétit, volume 45, number 12, New York, N.Y.: The Condé Nast Publications Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 222

Origin

From Scandinavian + -ize.

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APA

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

MLA

“Scandinavianize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Scandinavianize. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Scandinavianize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Scandinavianize.

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