Interesting facts about the language
The Norwegian language, which comprises the two standard varieties Bokmål (English: Book Language) and Nynorsk (English: New Norwegian), belongs to the North Germanic branch of the Indo-European languages. Norwegian is spoken as a native language by approximately five million Norwegians, the majority of whom live in Norway, where it is the official language. Although Nynorsk translates to "New Norwegian" in English, it is the older of the two language varieties. Nynorsk is closely related to Icelandic and Faroese (Färingian). Although many Norwegians speak Nynorsk in everyday life, few practice its written form.
As a written language, a large part of the population of Norway uses Bokmål – in English, the book language. This variant of Norwegian is more widely used than Nynorsk and It developed later, based on Danish. This variant also dominates everyday life, at work, and in the Norwegian media. For this reason, in the course series from Sprachenlernen24, you will hear, read, and learn Bokmål. Norwegian belongs to the Germanic language family. The vocabulary of Bokmål contains influences from Danish, Swedish, and Low German. As a speaker of a Germanic language, many words will certainly seem familiar to you as you learn. You will soon find that you will be able to read Norwegian quite quickly.
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Country information Norway
Norway is a country in Northern Europe. The country is located on the Scandinavian Peninsula and borders Sweden to the east, Finland and Russia to the northeast. Norway's economic zone borders Denmark to the south in the North Sea and the United Kingdom (Scotland) to the west. Norway's form of government corresponds to that of a constitutional monarchy with strong parliamentary features. The kingdom is organized as a decentralized unitary state. The head of state is King Harald V, and the head of government is the Prime Minister. Jonas Gahr StoreNorway is one of the largest countries in Europe by area, but with only 5.3 million inhabitants in 2018, it is sparsely populated. A large portion of the population lives in the south of the country, in the metropolitan area around the capital, Oslo. Other major Norwegian cities include Bergen, Trondheim, and Stavanger. Norway, Finland, Denmark, Iceland, Sweden, the Faroe Islands, and Åland belong to Scandinavia.
Sehenswürdigkeiten in Norwegen
On the following websites you will find information about the most beautiful sights in the country.
Benefits of learning the language!
- Sie finden sich auf Reisen zu recht, wenn Sie sich gerade in Norwegen im Urlaub befinden.
- Sie erweitern Ihren Horizont und erweitern dadurch Ihren Bildungsstand.
- Sie verbessern Ihre beruflichen Chancen.
- Sie tragen zur Integration bei.
- Sie sorgen für eine bessere Kommunikation in zweisprachigen Beziehungen.
- Sie lernen dadurch viel Leute kennen und können miteinander kommunizieren.
What’s special about the language course
- The language course is suitable for beginners, advanced learners and those returning to the language.
- Within 3 months you can learn the basic vocabulary of over 1,300 Norwegian words.
- With the basic course you will reach levels A1 and A2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
- With the advanced course you will reach levels B1 and B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
- With the technical vocabulary you will reach levels C1 and C2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
- Short daily learning time of only 17 minutes a day.
- The daily tasks are given to you and what you have already learned is repeated until it is stored in your long-term memory.
- Learn with different learning methods.
- You don't want to learn alone! Join learning communities and make new connections.
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The most important words in Norwegian
Norwegian Part 1
Norwegian Part 2
Norwegian Part 3
How good is my Norwegian?
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