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Nordic

Nordic

3 6.3
A group of northern Germanic languages like Danish and Swedish
  • noun
  • /ˈnɔrdɪk/
translation icon : lengua nórdica
  • I studied the Nordic languages of Swedish and Norwegian during my trip to Scandinavia.
  • Nordic center
  • Nordic combined
  • Nordic countries

Examples

  • The professor gave a lecture about the history and characteristics of the Nordic languages.

  • Many people are interested in learning the Nordic languages because of their cultural significance.

  • She seemed pretty Nordic to me.

    21 & Over (2013)

  • All of the women I've known who do well at Nordic, especially ski skate, are big and strong.

    Blog text (2)

  • Nordic is really strength-intensive, particularly in the back, arms, and shoulders.

    Blog text (2)

  • UK, German, and Nordic (Sweden, Finland, Norway) models will be released in January and are available for pre-order from The Keyboard Company.

    Blog text (20)

  • It occurs to me that the woman is an Olympic skier and that she was out training for the 50K race or the Nordic.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • Being a lover of all things Nordic (Scandinaviophile, my friends call me), I want to learn one of Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, or Finnish—something I've wanted to do for years, but have never really had the time for.

    Blog text (27)

Synonyms

Scandinavian
vsNordic
1 6.6

A group of languages spoken in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Iceland, and the Faroe Islands

is the wider term covering the whole northern Germanic language family
North Germanic
vsNordic
  • Specialized
7.7

A group of languages spoken in Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, and the Faroe Islands

is the common name for that same northern language family

Surface Forms

Nordic singular
Nordics plural

Morphology

Nordic = north (transparent) = nord + ic

The nominal use (the Nordic languages) is a direct nominalization/extension of the adjectival 'Nordic' referring to languages of the northern region; learners familiar with the adjective and '-ic' can infer the noun meaning.

Etymology

Nordic comes from an old word meaning 'north' and the ending -ic means 'related to', so when we speak of the Nordic languages we mean the northern group of related languages such as Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Icelandic and Faroese.