# Norwegian

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /nɔːˈwiː.d͡ʒn̩/ · frequency rank #7,719

## Definitions
1. The language of Norway, which has two official forms (written standards): Bokmål and Nynorsk.

## Etymology
From Medieval Latin Norvegia (from Old Norse Norvegr (“Norway”)) + -an, with v replaced by w due to influence from earlier English Norwayan (“Norwegian”).

## Common misspellings (13)
`nnorwegian`, `norewgian`, `norrwegian`, `norwegain`, `norweggian`, `norwegiann`, `norwegina`, `norweigan`, `norwgeian`, `norwwegian`, `nowregian`, `nrowegian`, `onrwegian`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/norwegian