Norwegianization

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Norwegian +‎ -ization

Noun

Norwegianization (uncountable)

  1. The former Norwegian government policy of assimilating the Sami and Kven peoples into an ethnically and culturally uniform Norwegian population.
  2. The changing of foreign words into a Norwegian form.
    "Snøbrett" is a Norwegianization of "snowboard".
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