{"id":2020,"date":"2014-12-31T13:50:43","date_gmt":"2014-12-31T13:50:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/?p=2020"},"modified":"2014-12-31T13:50:43","modified_gmt":"2014-12-31T13:50:43","slug":"word-of-the-year-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/word-of-the-year-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Word of the Year 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\u2019Emoji\u2019<\/a>

\u2019Emoji\u2019 was one of the proposed \u201dNorwegian word of the year\u201d. (Image from Wikimedia Commons<\/a>.)<\/p><\/div>\n

Every year a handful of Norwegian language geeks k\u00e5rer \u00e5rets norske ord<\/b> (elect the Norwegian \u201dword of the year\u201d). Spr\u00e5kr\u00e5det<\/b>, the Norwegian Language Council, ranked the following ten candidates<\/a> for 2014:<\/p>\n

10. dele\u00f8konomi<\/b> (\u2019share economy\u2019) means that you share & recycle resources. Maybe you own a car together with your neighbour or borrow your best friend\u2019s wedding costume\u2026<\/p>\n

9. A st\u00e5hjuling<\/b> (\u2019stand-wheelie\u2019) is a segway. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

8. A luseskj\u00f8rt<\/b> (\u2019lice skirt\u2019) is a new technology to shield oppdrettslaks<\/b> (bred salmons) from lus<\/b> (lice).<\/p>\n

7. Whenever the excitement of your tablet or cell phone makes you look like a humpback, you\u2019re suffering from mobilnakke<\/b> (\u2019mobile neck\u2019).<\/p>\n

6. A gittercelle<\/b> (grid cell) is a special kind of cell in your brain. The word was made popular by Norwegian scientists May-Britt Moser and Edvard Moser, who both won this year\u2019s Nobelpris<\/b> in medisin<\/b>.<\/p>\n

5. Stordata<\/b> is a neat Norwegization of \u2019big data\u2019 (huge amounts of information that companies like Google are able to analyze).<\/p>\n

4. P\u00f8belgran <\/b>means \u201dmob spruce\u201d and is a (non-Norwegian) spruce that\u2019s growing outside a plantation, causing havoc among the local tr\u00e6r og planter<\/b> (trees and plants)!<\/p>\n

3. Emoji<\/b> means the same as in English\u2026 \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

2. When something \u2019goes viral\u2019 in English, it now even g\u00e5r <\/b>viral<\/b>t<\/b> in Norwegian. It may be a viral<\/b> [virAHL] video<\/b>, like last year\u2019s Norwegian hit \u2019What Does the Fox Say?<\/a>\u2019<\/p>\n

1. Unfortunately, the winner is fremmedkriger <\/b>(\u2019foreign fighter\u2019), which means someone who goes to another country to fight in a war. It could be a Norwegian who goes to Syria to join one of the groups fighting there. \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n

Spr\u00e5kteigen<\/b>, a Norwegian radio show, had their own k\u00e5ring<\/b> (election). Their \u00e5rets ord<\/b> was a bit more uplifting:<\/p>\n

\u2022 robust<\/b> [rohBOOHST]. It\u2019s a loan from French<\/a> (and ultimately Latin<\/a>), meaning \u2019robust\u2019 or \u2019sturdy\u2019. It\u2019s been around in Norway for decades if not centuries. However, according to Spr\u00e5kteigen\u2019s<\/b> Facebook page<\/a>, Norwegian politicians have been using this word a lot in 2014, for example in the phrase: Vi skal ha robuste kommuner med robuste l\u00f8sninger! <\/b>(We need sturdy municipalities with sturdy solutions!)<\/p>\n

Godt nytt\u00e5r!<\/b> See you in 2015!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Every year a handful of Norwegian language geeks k\u00e5rer \u00e5rets norske ord (elect the Norwegian \u201dword of the year\u201d). Spr\u00e5kr\u00e5det, the Norwegian Language Council, ranked the following ten candidates for 2014: 10. dele\u00f8konomi (\u2019share economy\u2019) means that you share & recycle resources. Maybe you own a car together with your neighbour or borrow your best…<\/p>\n

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