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Norwegian Compound Words Posted by kari on Nov 22, 2011
Menneskerettighetsorganisasjoner (human rights organizations) is one of the longer compound words in Norwegian. Others include sannsynlighetsmaksimeringsestimator (maximum likelihood estimator), and En mMidsommernattsdrøm (A Midsummer Night´s Dream). The Norwegian language has quite a few compound words in it. In my experience as a new student of the Norwegian language, as well as as an instructor, compound words can be…