Bokmål

9.7

A written form of Norwegian used by most people and based on Danish

noun

: Bokmål

As a Dane, I can understand Norwegians most of the time, especially if they speak Bokmål.

Examples

At the end of the book, the author comments that this is based upon translations of the poem in nynorsk by Ivar Mortensson-Egnund and bokmål by Ludvig Holm-Olsen.

Academic text (2018)
Otherwise, I could, of course, install the Norwegian version (which I presume is bokmål, rather than nynorsk), but I'd really prefer the home team.

Blog text (19)
Norway has two languages, 'New Norwegian' (ny norsk) and 'Old Norwegian' (bokmål).

Blog text (27)
Many students in Norway learn to write in Bokmål as it is one of their official languages.
In Norwegian schools, Bokmål is often taught alongside Nynorsk to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of their language.
The newspaper is published in Bokmål, making it accessible for the majority of Norwegians.

Synonyms

Bokmaal

vsBokmål

9.9

One of the two official written forms of Norwegian, similar to Danish

is the modern form using a special vowel character

Bokmal

vsBokmål

9.9

An official written form of Norwegian used in many books and documents

is the variant that retains the original special vowel character

Riksmal

vsBokmål

9.9

A form of Norwegian now called Bokmål and used in older books and by some people

is the official standard used by most people today rather than the older form

Riksmaal

vsBokmål

Literature

9.9

The old official written form of Norwegian that was renamed Bokmål in 1929

is the current official standard after the 1929 name change used by most people

Surface Forms

Bokmål singular

Bokmåls plural

Etymology

Bokmål comes from the Norwegian parts bok and mål, meaning 'book' and 'language', and bok is just like English 'book'. So Bokmål literally means 'book language', which is why it is the written standard used in most official documents in Norway.