LANDSMÅL


Meaning of LANDSMÅL in English

noun

or lands·maal ˈlän(t)ˌsmȯl

( -s )

Usage: often capitalized

Etymology: Norwegian landsmål (formerly spelled landsmaal ), from land country, land + mål speech

: a literary form of Norwegian based on the spoken dialects of Norway that dates from a grammar and dictionary by Ivar Aasen about 1850 and was designed as a national language distinct from that of Denmark — called also New Norse ; compare riksmål

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