{"id":2468,"date":"2018-05-31T23:55:40","date_gmt":"2018-05-31T23:55:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/?p=2468"},"modified":"2018-06-01T02:42:04","modified_gmt":"2018-06-01T02:42:04","slug":"most-norwegian-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/most-norwegian-words\/","title":{"rendered":"Most Norwegian Words"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Which words are the \u201dmost Norwegian\u201d? Of course, such a sp\u00f8rsm\u00e5l <\/b>(question) is very hard to answer\u2026 Besides, there are so many words to pick! Here are my (current) candidates for the prize \u2013 do you (dis)agree?<\/p>\n

fjord<\/b> [fyor] (fjord). The beautiful fjords only exist in a few countries (Norway, NZ, Chile and a few more). If you only go to Norway for the mountains \u2013 why not Switzerland instead?<\/p>\n

fjell<\/b> [fyell] (mountain\/s). Norway is almost unimaginable without mountains. Den norske fjellheimen<\/b> (the Norwegian \u201dmountain home\u201d) is the totality of Norwegian mountains, perceived as a realm of its own.<\/p>\n

sn\u00f8<\/b> [snur<\/i>] (snow). Even in days of climate change, Norwegian winters are usually white. There\u2019s a reason Norway always gains a ton of medals at the Winter Olympics<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n

ras<\/b> (avalanche). Norway is a country of wild energy, and both steinras<\/b> (rock avalanches) and sn\u00f8ras<\/b> (snow avalanches) take place, now and then.<\/p>\n

hytte<\/b> (hut, cabin). Having a primitive AND well-equipped hytte<\/b><\/a> in the mountains is kind of the Norwegian dream\u2026 \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

kos<\/b><\/a> (\u201dcosiness\u201d). The Norwegian way of having a pleasant time in each other\u2019s company. S\u00e5 koselig!<\/b> (How cosy!)<\/p>\n

bunad<\/b> [boo<\/i>-nahd]. The national costume<\/a> comes in many regional varieties. 17. mai<\/b>, the day of the constitution, is the day to wear it.<\/p>\n

dugnad<\/b> [doo<\/i>g-nahd] is a special concept, that I only know from Norway. It basically means helping each other in the local community in order to get something done \u2013 for example painting a local school. Society is the big winner, so everybody works for free.<\/p>\n

ski<\/b> [shee] is a word Norway gave to the world. Nobody beats Norwegians when it comes to skisport<\/b>.<\/p>\n

troll<\/b><\/a> \u2013 is there anything more Norwegian?<\/p>\n

tull<\/b> (rubbish, nonsense). Not everything needs to be serious. Tull<\/b> is the antidote! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

dritkul<\/b> is a word known by many foreigners because of the tv series SKAM<\/a> (\u201dShame\u201d). It\u2019s a piece of slang literally meaning \u201dsh*tty cool\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Which words are the \u201dmost Norwegian\u201d? Of course, such a sp\u00f8rsm\u00e5l (question) is very hard to answer\u2026 Besides, there are so many words to pick! Here are my (current) candidates for the prize \u2013 do you (dis)agree? fjord [fyor] (fjord). The beautiful fjords only exist in a few countries (Norway, NZ, Chile and a few…<\/p>\n

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