Bokmålsordboka () is a dictionary of the

Norwegian Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe * Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway * Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including ...

written language called

Bokmål Bokmål () (, ; ) is an official written standard for the Norwegian language, alongside Nynorsk. Bokmål is the preferred written standard of Norwegian for 85% to 90% of the population in Norway. Unlike, for instance, the Italian language, there ...

(lit. "book language"). It is published by the Department of Linguistics and Scandinavian Studies at the University of Oslo in cooperation with the

Norwegian Language Council The Language Council of Norway ( no, Språkrådet, ) is the consultative body of the Norwegian state on language issues. It was established in 2005 and replaced the Norwegian Language Council (, ) which existed from 1974 to 2005. It is a subsidiar ...

. The work on the dictionary commenced in 1974 and the first edition was published in 1986. The printed dictionary is published by

Kunnskapsforlaget Kunnskapsforlaget () is a Norwegian publishing company based in Oslo. Kunnskapsforlaget was established in 1975, as a partnership between H. Aschehoug & Co. (W. Nygaard) and Gyldendal Norsk Forlag. The purpose was to co-operate on publishing e ...

, and the dictionary is also available online at the website of the University of Oslo. Bokmålsordboka is one of several dictionaries of Bokmål or

Riksmål (, also , ) is a written Norwegian language form or spelling standard, meaning the ''National Language'', closely related and now almost identical to the dominant form of Bokmål, known as . Both Bokmål and Riksmål evolved from the Danish wri ...

. Other dictionaries published by

include

Norsk Riksmålsordbok ''Norsk Riksmålsordbok'' () is a Norwegian dictionary for the unofficial written language form Riksmål. The work was initiated by ''Riksmaalsvernet'' around 1920. Its first edition was completed in 1957, and was printed in four volumes. Two ext ...

, Norsk ordbok and Riksmålsordlisten. ''Bokmålsordboka'' is a normative dictionary of Bokmål, covering both conservative (''moderate'') and non-conservative (''radical'') Bokmål. The normative dictionary of Riksmål is ''Riksmålsordlisten''. ''Norsk ordbok'' is covering both Riksmål and Moderate Bokmål, while ''Norsk Riksmålsordbok'' is a descriptive dictionary, documenting all (non-

Nynorsk Nynorsk () () is one of the two written standards of the Norwegian language, the other being Bokmål. From 12 May 1885, it became the state-sanctioned version of Ivar Aasen's standard Norwegian language ( no, Landsmål) parallel to the Dano-Nor ...

) Norwegian language usage.

Bibliography

*''Bokmålsordboka. Definisjons- og rettskrivningsordbok.'' Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget 2005. 3. utgave, 2. opplag. 1218 s.

External links

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