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altnordisch

German, adjective[ˈaltˌnɔʁdɪʃ]

altnordisch is spelled A-L-T-N-O-R-D-I-S-C-H (11 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written German, the 219,861st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Altnordisch is a German adjective meaning “Old Norse (related to the Old Norse language)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “das Altnordische betreffend”.

What does altnordisch mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    Old Norse (related to the Old Norse language)

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. das Altnordische betreffend

noun: 1. Bezeichnung für verschiedene ausgestorbene skandinavische Sprachen, die zwischen 800 und 1500 gesprochen wurden (zum Beispiel Altnorwegisch und Altisländisch)

The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.

Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of altnordisch

  • altnordischer masculine nominative singular
  • altnordische feminine nominative singular
  • altnordisches neuter nominative singular
  • altnordischen genitive masculine singular
  • altnordischem dative masculine singular
  • der altnordische definite includes-article masculine
  • die altnordische definite feminine includes-article
  • das altnordische definite includes-article neuter
  • die altnordischen definite includes-article nominative
  • des altnordischen definite genitive includes-article
  • der altnordischen definite feminine genitive
  • dem altnordischen dative definite includes-article
  • den altnordischen dative definite includes-article
  • anord. abbreviation
  • non abbreviation
  • Anord. abbreviation
  • (das) Altnordisch nominative singular
  • das Altnordische nominative singular

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce altnordisch?

  • [ˈaltˌnɔʁdɪʃ]
  • [ˌaltˈnɔʁdɪʃ]
  • [ˈaltˌnɔʁdɪʃə]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to altnordisch

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is altnordisch in German?

altnordisch appears about once in every 15 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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