There are no rules on which written language we use, however for consistency reasons, you'll get yelled at if you write in both Bokmål and Nynorsk in the same text.
In my university Norwegian history class we talked about this first northern Norwegian man, and it's speculated that he resided in Tromsø/Southern-Finnmark because he resided 'northmost' of all Norwegians. During that time the Sami people resided at what we today consider the northern most part of Norway. Also, nynorsk is based on the dialects that Ivar Aas considered closest to old Norse. :)
Icelandic is oldnorse language (norwegian translation: gammelnorsk) Norse/Norwegian is almost the same, same as Dane as in Danish. So he is kind of correct actually
As a Norwegian I can confirm that the country basicly got its name from its location, when the Vikings was sailing to the north they sailed along the coastal line of Norway, which in their language was a word that basicly described what it was ''the way to the north'' which later in Norwegian became Norge. Many names in Norway of things such as example mountains, fjords-- locations are also named after a description of what it is, for example a mountain can be called ''Høyfjell'' or ''Høgfjellet'', which basicly translates to ''Highmountain'', because said mountain might be very tall in comparison to other mountain peaks close to it. So yeah, Norway basicly got its name because it was the way the vikings sailed when they wanted to go north.
The name Scandinavia comes from the Proto-Germanic word Skaðan, which means "danger" or "damage". The name was given by the Romans to the southernmost tip of what is today Sweden and they thought it was an island. They gave it the name due to the Geats living in the are. The Geats was a Germanic tribe, and Germanic tribes were rarely on good terms with the Romans and fought them on several occations.
TheSuomi No, Skandes is only the Swedish name for the Scandinavic mountain range. Norway is the home of most of that range, but we don't even have a name for it. Skandes is a name a Swedish professor introduced in the 1960s. So the mountain range is named after Scandinavia, not the opposite.
Denmark = Land of the danes (Dan is dane and mark is land/ground). Sweden is a german loan word. The Swedish name for the country is Sverige and means the kingdom of the Swedes.
Sweden is divided in three different regions. Götaland (Land of the Goth) Svealand (Land of the swedes) and Norrland (Northernland). Svealand is the region that unites all three regions and forms Svea rike (Realm of the swedes)
Bredt og smalt og langt og kort lite og stort er landet vårt og for noen er det langt frem men uansett hvor langt det er bratt og glatt og mørkt det er så venter det noe der I love that song Lite og stort.
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Well in dutch they call their own people: nederlanders. "Dutch" is the english version found in the engllish language, which wasn't up to the dutch people to decide
This theory illustrates a phenomenon alled ‘folk etymology’: tings that sound alike are believed to have the same origin or mening. But if this theory were correct, you would expect to find the form ‘norðr riki’ in old texts. Also, you would expect dialects in Eastern and Mid Norwegian dialects to have the pronounciation NoLeg or NoLge - where L is a thick, refexsive L sound, since words in Old Norse that had a stressed rð sound hav had that sound changed. Words like jorðr and norðr do. However, we don't; which makes the theory very unlikely. In Sweden, there is still an area called "Svealand" [svea-land, to keep it clear], which gives us the possiblity that Sverige maight be derived from that name or landscape (as dsitinguished from Vestmannaland, Götaland etc). There is no such landscape equivalent in Norway.
The first law written in nynorsk was ‘Log um sams tid fyr Kongeriket Norig’ (Law regulating a common time zone for the entire country) passed in 1884. This seems to be a later construction to make it seem more ‘authentic’ rather than a development of Norðvegr, sepecialliy since bit the o and the e are stressed vowels. The more likely secenario is that the lightly stressed ð an v have disappeared, hence: norégr. The transposition of two letters happens all the time in many languages and poses no surprise. In Danish, the g has all but disappeard, so they say "Nor'e". Norwegians naver adopted the Danish sound system, so the hard g is still pronounced.
Good video! "Nynorsk" actually means "New Norwegian", but you have a point, since it is the follower of Middle and Old Norwegian (Norse). "Norsk" means "Norwegian".
It was long long ago people visited to Norway .People did not see anything than mountains rivers and tundra and they said, No way ! No way ! by the time pass it got some changes and got his current name as Norway .
The counties have pretty much interesting names. as the county I live in is called Hordaland, which derives from the name of a germanic people group called the Haruder who was first written mentioned by Julius Ceasar in his comments with his fights against the Galls in BC 58. Where the name Haruder is from the ancient germanic word haruðóz wich means Warrior or Fighter. Wich also explains why the Coat of Arms in the county is 2 golden axes under a golden crown on a blood red background. That means we are more badass than silly green menn yelling For the Horde as we are the Land of the Warriors.
In Skandinavian languages its Nor-ge, ge might have some similarities with germanic for "Go" it seems more plausible to be from the word for kingdom/realm, rige/rike rather than gå/ga/gehen.
Can be explained by the narrow fjords yes ,but not the narrow country itself, when Norway were formed we hadn't the top part yet, and had over half of the northwest of sweden, we lost that land in a denmark-norway vs sweden war way later in 1643 (Hannibalfeiden) Anyway oldest name of norway that we know of are from england "ottars journy" spelled Norðweg, meaning path to the north. Oldest Norwegian written that have been found is in 1020: Nóregr meaning narrow fjords. No place in Norway or norwegian settlements have we found ð in the spelling of Norway. Most likely it comes from foreigners explaining were they saw us come from: Norð (north)
At first, I understood "Norway is the home of many Finns" :D. I'm from a German region called Franconia called Franken in German. Tourists might remember the beautiful cities of Würzburg and Nürnberg and, of course, the beer from Bamberg and Kulmbach. Its name derives from the same empire than France (Frankreich), namely the Frankish! How about a video on that topic? Ironically, French Emperor Napoleon presented Franconia to the kingdom of Bavaria in 1806 for supporting the Grand Armee against Tyrol, Russia, and Prussia.
Thank you for your video. For one who lives close to the first capital of Norway (Avaldsnes) I have some additional information as to the origin of the name. The full story can be found here: avaldsnes.info/en/historie/ NORWAY - NORDVEGEN - THE WAY TO THE NORTH Most countries are named after their land areas or after ethnic groups who live in the countries. Norway, however, has been named after the sailing route that runs along the coast. People who sail across the open sea from Lista and along the coast of Jæren, will meet the strait Karmsundet as a protected sea-road at the entrance to the fairway northwards. For those who lived before us, this was Norðrvegr - the North Way - the way to the north. Many believe that the strait that is now called Karmsundet was originally called Norðrvegr, and the first Norwegian King Harald Hårfagre (Harald Finehair, or Harold the Hairy in English) no doubt had his royal residence here and it was the capital of Norway for the first 400 years of its existence. Norðrvegr - the strait - was also the Kings main source of income, as they demanded toll from ships using this safe passage to the north.
Do remember Norway's modern borders were not necessarily there when the names first developed. For example Norway didn't extend as far north until later in history and general occupied a wider section of Scandinavia into the 17th century.
I always thought that it was an old abbreviation of Nord Rige (meaning north kingdom) to Norge, just like the Swedish Sverige is an old abbreviation of Svea Rige
Norvegr Norveg Noreg (still used in the written language "Nynorsk") Norge First one is "Norway" in Norse. Last one is "Norway" in Norwegian. How we came to "Norge" beats me. Funny thing is that English speaking people call our country what it was originally named, just in English. I bet it has something to do with Norse (Norrøna) and Old English (Anglo-Saxon) being so similar far back in the day. It was called "Norweg" in Old English after all. Or Norþweg, which you present. But that is often discussed. I guess that really depended on where in England people were from. That's my theory about that tidbit at least.
I thought the name was kind of like Swedens name "Sverige" "Svea Rike" or Realm of Swedes. Norway or "Norge" being the realm of the north. Kinda make sense if your realm is north of Denmark and Kattegat.
Æ - as in 'Ass' or 'As'. Ø - as in 'EArn' or 'stErn'. Å - as in 'Awe' or ' sAw'. Protip: 'O' is sometimes, if not more often pronounced as 'Å' 'Nårge', 'Nårsk', 'Nynårsk'. Also, 'Y' in 'Nynorsk is pronounced as the 'y' in 'CYST'.
The paperclip actually wasn't invented by a Norwegian. Also 'Norge' rythmes more or less with the fictious word 'Norgay' perhaps without the round of the 'y' at the end making it sound very short.
"narrow" huh? Well, that never occurred to me. But it does make some sense. As for pronunciation of "Norge" and "Noreg", there is always a break after the "nor" for both. That was your biggest mess-up there. And one minor thing: while dialects differ much on this much, the O in "Nor-" is often a pure O, instead of the regular O. Especially where Nynorsk is dominant.
Norge comes from danish "Norrige" meaning the north kingdom. Sweden also got its name from danish Sverige "Svearige" meaning the Swea kingdom named after a people who lived there. Just like Denmark is named after its people, the Danes (Denmark means Danish Field). Norway could also be called Vikingland or Vikingriket, since all vikings was mostly from Norway. It is a missconseption that Vikings was the old name of skandinavians, it means "People from the bays" or generally people who come from fjords, and Norway is the country where these people came from. Norwegian vikings were the first to sail west and find Ireland, England and Iceland, aswell as Greenland. And were most famous for being traders, and not raiders. Iceland and Greenland was part of Norway until the last union with Denmark, where we had to give them away to be released. Though we still have Svalbard, Bear Island, Jan Mayen, Bouvet island etc...
I have to correct you a bit since most vikings were Danish/southern Swedish, the oldest and biggest town in scandinavia is the Danish Gram By, which is pretty close to the German border. I am definetly not saying no vikings were from Norway because many were but definetly not the majority
They werent Vikings, thats what I was trying to say. Very few people were accually people who was called viking's, but since the first ones who sailed west were accual vikings, they called all of the people who came from the east vikings. It's about where they came from, not the culture. It's like calling a someone from Washington DC a New Yorker. You get me?
The reason nynorsk is used by so many fewer people than bokmål is because bokmål is most prevalent in and around cities, and in most of the east of the country, where the population is densest. If you look at usage by are you find 40% of counties are bokmål counties, 30% are nynorsk counties and 30% are neutral. Also, nynorsk is cool :D Helsing frå Hardanger!
Pronounce Norway as Norge, the word in Norwegian, that g is pronounced ge and r is retroflex, the o is pronounced å, so go to help ipa in wikipedia and then you get the idea, å is pronounced as ɔ. Like in Swedish ”Måne”, it can probably be pronounced as a long o, like oooo, As in R, it’s pronounced as a retro flex that means you pronounced it while making your tongue flat, curly or sometimes touch the roof, Try this:NåRge.
That really depends. On the south western coast of Norway, people use guttural R's, and "Norge" is pronounced "NåRge". North of the Rogaland county, it's pronounced with a falling tone (NÅRge with pressure on the first syllable), while in the Rogaland county and generally south of it too, it's generally pronounced with an equal tone through the word and equal pressure on the syllables. In the south east of Norway, the pressure is the same as at least the Stavanger one that I am used to, however they use one beat R's, so a rolling R with only one beat. It's rare that people use retroflex in "Norge." I haven't really heard any Norwegians say Norje before, but if you do and you're born and raised in Norway with a Norwegian family, I'd love to hear where you're from.
in my native language the name of this country is Norvegiya and I always thought that it looks really close to "nor-veg" (northern way) but I always thought that it was too obvious to be true.
Here is the anthem! Ja vi elsker dette landet som det stiger frem! Furutrær vi over landet med de tusen hjem elsker elsker det å tenke, på vår far og mor. Og den saga natten senker, drømme på vår jord! That is only one part...
We (Norwegians) did not invent the paper clip. Wikipedia: "A Norwegian, Johan Vaaler (1866-1910), has erroneously been identified as the inventor of the paper clip. He was granted patents in Germany[12] and in the United States[13] (1901) for a paper clip of similar design, but less functional and practical, because it lacked the last turn of the wire. Vaaler probably did not know that a better product was already on the market, although not yet in Norway. His version was never manufactured and never marketed, because the superior Gem was already available."
The “narrow” etymology doesnt make any sense, but I appreciated you mentioning it. Not only did norwegians refer to themselves as “northmen” in ancient norse, but the national borders are something totally made up and surely didnt exist at the time of the vikings. Therefore the theory according to which the name Norway comes from narrow is probably incorrect
Why are the people living in the Netherlands called the Dutch in English. Usually the ppl are named after the country, think Belgians, English men/women, The Irish, the German, the French. Why is this not the case with the ppl from the Netherlands? I am Dutch myself and i find it weird. In my own language we call the country Germany Duitsland and the ppl there Duitsers witch sounds kinda like the word Dutch. We live in the Netherlands (Nederland in Dutch) and call ourselfs Nederlander witch would be something like Netherlander in english I guess.
Nynorsk means New Norwegian, not New Norse. And also I think it would be alright to just use a google translate voice for the difficult words. Otherwise, good video
Hey if you ever wanna try to work on your pronunciation in any future videos go to omniglot.com and there's an A-Z index for nearly every single language plus some audio samples. :) Not disrespecting your pronunc but just letting you know! Keep up the great work!!!
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I think you prnounced the word good
Vikings didn't have horns
Yeah right! Next you’ll be telling me dinosaurs have feathers!
It's true, look it up.
We all know.
Just keeping it for the sake of wrong history tradition.
Do we have deal?
Loved that you did Norway! Hello/ hallo fra/ from Norway/Norge
There are no rules on which written language we use, however for consistency reasons, you'll get yelled at if you write in both Bokmål and Nynorsk in the same text.
Your norwegian pronunciations is hilarious! Great video though! Much love from Norway!
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In my university Norwegian history class we talked about this first northern Norwegian man, and it's speculated that he resided in Tromsø/Southern-Finnmark because he resided 'northmost' of all Norwegians. During that time the Sami people resided at what we today consider the northern most part of Norway.
Also, nynorsk is based on the dialects that Ivar Aas considered closest to old Norse. :)
Slight correction: Nynorsk means new Norwegian, not new Norse :)
Icelandic is oldnorse language (norwegian translation: gammelnorsk) Norse/Norwegian is almost the same, same as Dane as in Danish. So he is kind of correct actually
Good videos man! Really like your work that interests me in something I had never thought of, keep it up
As a Norwegian I can confirm that the country basicly got its name from its location, when the Vikings was sailing to the north they sailed along the coastal line of Norway, which in their language was a word that basicly described what it was ''the way to the north'' which later in Norwegian became Norge. Many names in Norway of things such as example mountains, fjords-- locations are also named after a description of what it is, for example a mountain can be called ''Høyfjell'' or ''Høgfjellet'', which basicly translates to ''Highmountain'', because said mountain might be very tall in comparison to other mountain peaks close to it. So yeah, Norway basicly got its name because it was the way the vikings sailed when they wanted to go north.
We've got Norway to the north and Midway in the middle. Where's Souway?
South-way was Germany. OP doesn't know his stuff.
Norway comes from the old Norse Norvegr, which is the way north (from Skiringsallr to Hålogaland)
From where the name Scandinavia come from
"ur evry wer"
Elias Frahat from the Scandes
It comes from the Swedish province Scania
The name Scandinavia comes from the Proto-Germanic word Skaðan, which means "danger" or "damage". The name was given by the Romans to the southernmost tip of what is today Sweden and they thought it was an island. They gave it the name due to the Geats living in the are. The Geats was a Germanic tribe, and Germanic tribes were rarely on good terms with the Romans and fought them on several occations.
TheSuomi No, Skandes is only the Swedish name for the Scandinavic mountain range. Norway is the home of most of that range, but we don't even have a name for it. Skandes is a name a Swedish professor introduced in the 1960s. So the mountain range is named after Scandinavia, not the opposite.
“Nor way” I’m not watching this! ;)
Hello from Bergen, Norway.
Hello from South Africa. May you have a blessed week.
I watched a Norwegian movie last week where the characters were in Bergen. Hello from Washington DC
BACALHAU!! (Code fish)
Hello from Bergen as well, NotPoseidon
Hilsen fra Kristiansand
Ireland please
I wait your videos about Denmark and Sweden :-0
Denmark = Land of the danes (Dan is dane and mark is land/ground). Sweden is a german loan word. The Swedish name for the country is Sverige and means the kingdom of the Swedes.
Sweden is divided in three different regions. Götaland (Land of the Goth) Svealand (Land of the swedes) and Norrland (Northernland). Svealand is the region that unites all three regions and forms Svea rike (Realm of the swedes)
Hoàng Kim Việt fuck denmark
U triggered beacuse noone likes denmark and thats where u live??
Bredt og smalt og langt og kort
lite og stort er landet vårt
og for noen er det langt frem
men uansett hvor langt det er
bratt og glatt og mørkt det er
så venter det noe der
I love that song Lite og stort.
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Well in dutch they call their own people: nederlanders. "Dutch" is the english version found in the engllish language, which wasn't up to the dutch people to decide
I think you need to donate for your request to be even considered
Norge, Sverige. rige is the old spelling of Rike - reich in german. which means realm or kingdom. so you have Svea rike and Nor rike.
That's my theory as well, I think I have even seen Norway spelled Norige in either old Danish or old Norwegian
This theory illustrates a phenomenon alled ‘folk etymology’: tings that sound alike are believed to have the same origin or mening.
But if this theory were correct, you would expect to find the form ‘norðr riki’ in old texts.
Also, you would expect dialects in Eastern and Mid Norwegian dialects to have the pronounciation NoLeg or NoLge - where L is a thick, refexsive L sound, since words in Old Norse that had a stressed rð sound hav had that sound changed. Words like jorðr and norðr do.
However, we don't; which makes the theory very unlikely.
In Sweden, there is still an area called "Svealand" [svea-land, to keep it clear], which gives us the possiblity that Sverige maight be derived from that name or landscape (as dsitinguished from Vestmannaland, Götaland etc). There is no such landscape equivalent in Norway.
The first law written in nynorsk was ‘Log um sams tid fyr Kongeriket Norig’ (Law regulating a common time zone for the entire country) passed in 1884. This seems to be a later construction to make it seem more ‘authentic’ rather than a development of Norðvegr, sepecialliy since bit the o and the e are stressed vowels.
The more likely secenario is that the lightly stressed ð an v have disappeared, hence: norégr. The transposition of two letters happens all the time in many languages and poses no surprise.
In Danish, the g has all but disappeard, so they say "Nor'e". Norwegians naver adopted the Danish sound system, so the hard g is still pronounced.
How do we code name military operations? like operation overlord?
Norway is our beloved neighbour.
All the best from Sweden.
Hey, i love you
im norwegian sorry im just so excited
Good video!
"Nynorsk" actually means "New Norwegian", but you have a point, since it is the follower of Middle and Old Norwegian (Norse). "Norsk" means "Norwegian".
It was long long ago people visited to Norway .People did not see anything than mountains rivers and tundra and they said,
No way ! No way ! by the time pass it got some changes and got his current name as Norway .
Petition to rename our country "Yesway"
lol
The counties have pretty much interesting names.
as the county I live in is called Hordaland, which derives from the name of a germanic people group called the Haruder who was first written mentioned by Julius Ceasar in his comments with his fights against the Galls in BC 58. Where the name Haruder is from the ancient germanic word haruðóz wich means Warrior or Fighter. Wich also explains why the Coat of Arms in the county is 2 golden axes under a golden crown on a blood red background. That means we are more badass than silly green menn yelling For the Horde as we are the Land of the Warriors.
From my knowledge it mean the north way
Elias Frahat why are you everywhere?
Anglo Mapper don't know :/
Markku Markkunen XD so true i just realised! I AM EVERYWHERE!
That said. Your knowledge clearly isn't very big...
In Skandinavian languages its Nor-ge, ge might have some similarities with germanic for "Go" it seems more plausible to be from the word for kingdom/realm, rige/rike rather than gå/ga/gehen.
0:30 It means "New Norwegian", not "New Norse"
Can be explained by the narrow fjords yes ,but not the narrow country itself, when Norway were formed we hadn't the top part yet, and had over half of the northwest of sweden, we lost that land in a denmark-norway vs sweden war way later in 1643 (Hannibalfeiden) Anyway oldest name of norway that we know of are from england "ottars journy" spelled Norðweg, meaning path to the north. Oldest Norwegian written that have been found is in 1020: Nóregr meaning narrow fjords. No place in Norway or norwegian settlements have we found ð in the spelling of Norway. Most likely it comes from foreigners explaining were they saw us come from: Norð (north)
@Name Explain can you do one about Scandanavia?
At first, I understood "Norway is the home of many Finns" :D.
I'm from a German region called Franconia called Franken in German. Tourists might remember the beautiful cities of Würzburg and Nürnberg and, of course, the beer from Bamberg and Kulmbach. Its name derives from the same empire than France (Frankreich), namely the Frankish! How about a video on that topic? Ironically, French Emperor Napoleon presented Franconia to the kingdom of Bavaria in 1806 for supporting the Grand Armee against Tyrol, Russia, and Prussia.
Where does the word viking come from and does it have any connection to king?
Thank you for your video. For one who lives close to the first capital of Norway (Avaldsnes) I have some additional information as to the origin of the name. The full story can be found here: avaldsnes.info/en/historie/
NORWAY - NORDVEGEN - THE WAY TO THE NORTH
Most countries are named after their land areas or after ethnic groups who live in the countries. Norway, however, has been named after the sailing route that runs along the coast. People who sail across the open sea from Lista and along the coast of Jæren, will meet the strait Karmsundet as a protected sea-road at the entrance to the fairway northwards. For those who lived before us, this was Norðrvegr - the North Way - the way to the north.
Many believe that the strait that is now called Karmsundet was originally called Norðrvegr, and the first Norwegian King Harald Hårfagre (Harald Finehair, or Harold the Hairy in English) no doubt had his royal residence here and it was the capital of Norway for the first 400 years of its existence. Norðrvegr - the strait - was also the Kings main source of income, as they demanded toll from ships using this safe passage to the north.
we're not the home of the paperclip. common misconception
I didn't edit that comment. what is going on youtube
Please do a video about countries named after people
From where does the name Bulgaria come from ?
What is the similarity between the Amazon rainforest and the mythological amazons from ancient Greek mythology. Sounds like a good topic!
Do remember Norway's modern borders were not necessarily there when the names first developed. For example Norway didn't extend as far north until later in history and general occupied a wider section of Scandinavia into the 17th century.
I always thought that it was an old abbreviation of Nord Rige (meaning north kingdom) to Norge, just like the Swedish Sverige is an old abbreviation of Svea Rige
Not to offend you, but your pronunciation is way off.
I don't understand why he never researches correct pronunciations, it almost seems intentional - just to piss people off.
Lena Persin he literally said "njy njorsk" instead of nynorsk, and "njoleg" instead of noreg
Thomas Kristiansen I had a hard time even reading that shit let alone pronounce it
Best Korea being Norwegian definitely helps
Thomas Kristiansen lel
Norvegr
Norveg
Noreg (still used in the written language "Nynorsk")
Norge
First one is "Norway" in Norse. Last one is "Norway" in Norwegian.
How we came to "Norge" beats me. Funny thing is that English speaking people call our country what it was originally named, just in English.
I bet it has something to do with Norse (Norrøna) and Old English (Anglo-Saxon) being so similar far back in the day.
It was called "Norweg" in Old English after all. Or Norþweg, which you present. But that is often discussed.
I guess that really depended on where in England people were from. That's my theory about that tidbit at least.
What does the name oz came from in the wizard of oz
I thought the name was kind of like Swedens name "Sverige" "Svea Rike" or Realm of Swedes. Norway or "Norge" being the realm of the north. Kinda make sense if your realm is north of Denmark and Kattegat.
Can you make a video about why Turkey is named after the bird?
There is also the option that "Norge" is a contraction of "Nord Rige" which means northern kingdom.
But if Norway didn’t get such a boring name what would Norway name be? Like Sweden are named after the svea people. Not the northern people...
Æ - as in 'Ass' or 'As'.
Ø - as in 'EArn' or 'stErn'.
Å - as in 'Awe' or ' sAw'.
Protip: 'O' is sometimes, if not more often pronounced as 'Å'
'Nårge', 'Nårsk', 'Nynårsk'.
Also, 'Y' in 'Nynorsk is pronounced as the 'y' in 'CYST'.
No way!
You covered that video?
In dutch the country is named: "Noorwegen". "Wegen" meaning all kinds off paths. And "Noor" is the name of the people of the north
Tycho Botter true!
The Northerners, or just Norse if you don't have much time, are exploring. They go north - from the north, to the northern north.
as a norwegian i know its definantly not "narrow way" because in norwegian it would not be "norge" it would be "smage" because smal means narrow.
The paperclip actually wasn't invented by a Norwegian.
Also 'Norge' rythmes more or less with the fictious word 'Norgay' perhaps without the round of the 'y' at the end making it sound very short.
Can you make video why are slav languages smillar?
In South Africa it's called Noorwee
0:53
You where doing fantastic till that point. ^^
I'm pretty sure the "E" in "Norvegr" isn't silent.
"narrow" huh? Well, that never occurred to me. But it does make some sense.
As for pronunciation of "Norge" and "Noreg", there is always a break after the "nor" for both.
That was your biggest mess-up there.
And one minor thing: while dialects differ much on this much, the O in "Nor-" is often a pure O, instead of the regular O. Especially where Nynorsk is dominant.
Norge comes from danish "Norrige" meaning the north kingdom. Sweden also got its name from danish Sverige "Svearige" meaning the Swea kingdom named after a people who lived there. Just like Denmark is named after its people, the Danes (Denmark means Danish Field).
Norway could also be called Vikingland or Vikingriket, since all vikings was mostly from Norway. It is a missconseption that Vikings was the old name of skandinavians, it means "People from the bays" or generally people who come from fjords, and Norway is the country where these people came from. Norwegian vikings were the first to sail west and find Ireland, England and Iceland, aswell as Greenland. And were most famous for being traders, and not raiders. Iceland and Greenland was part of Norway until the last union with Denmark, where we had to give them away to be released. Though we still have Svalbard, Bear Island, Jan Mayen, Bouvet island etc...
I have to correct you a bit since most vikings were Danish/southern Swedish, the oldest and biggest town in scandinavia is the Danish Gram By, which is pretty close to the German border. I am definetly not saying no vikings were from Norway because many were but definetly not the majority
They werent Vikings, thats what I was trying to say. Very few people were accually people who was called viking's, but since the first ones who sailed west were accual vikings, they called all of the people who came from the east vikings. It's about where they came from, not the culture. It's like calling a someone from Washington DC a New Yorker. You get me?
I think the name comes from King Nór.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nór
Why do the central asian countries have "stan" in their names despite not being Persian (minus Tajikistan)?
I had to ride my polar bear to the city to access the internet and watch this video.
I always believed that the name “Norway” came from someone asking a jordie:”would you like to go to Scandinavia” in which they replied “nor-way”
Hello from Sweden.
You should explain how Scotland Yard got its name
I wonder who will be the Name Explain Patron Saint of Spain.
The reason nynorsk is used by so many fewer people than bokmål is because bokmål is most prevalent in and around cities, and in most of the east of the country, where the population is densest. If you look at usage by are you find 40% of counties are bokmål counties, 30% are nynorsk counties and 30% are neutral. Also, nynorsk is cool :D Helsing frå Hardanger!
Pronounce Norway as Norge, the word in Norwegian, that g is pronounced ge and r is retroflex, the o is pronounced å, so go to help ipa in wikipedia and then you get the idea, å is pronounced as ɔ. Like in Swedish ”Måne”, it can probably be pronounced as a long o, like oooo, As in R, it’s pronounced as a retro flex that means you pronounced it while making your tongue flat, curly or sometimes touch the roof, Try this:NåRge.
English people can't lol
That really depends. On the south western coast of Norway, people use guttural R's, and "Norge" is pronounced "NåRge". North of the Rogaland county, it's pronounced with a falling tone (NÅRge with pressure on the first syllable), while in the Rogaland county and generally south of it too, it's generally pronounced with an equal tone through the word and equal pressure on the syllables.
In the south east of Norway, the pressure is the same as at least the Stavanger one that I am used to, however they use one beat R's, so a rolling R with only one beat. It's rare that people use retroflex in "Norge."
I haven't really heard any Norwegians say Norje before, but if you do and you're born and raised in Norway with a Norwegian family, I'd love to hear where you're from.
Just wondering since you say that "G" is more like an "je" are you swedish? cause I'm norwegian and have never said it with a "je" sound.
Roar Nedrebø My apologies, but absolutely! i am a swede living in scania!
Jost Björkegren Jag har redan ber om ursäkt, det var mitt misstag och jag kommer ändra kommentaren, Tack!
why blackmail is called that? it sounds like a black letter or black set of armour :)
Obviously the name was originally a pun on it being both very northern and very narrow.
Why is Devon named like that?
Tell me about the my country Indonesia,where it is come from ?
Dude i really wanna help you with your norwegian, tell me if thers anything i can do.
The Northerners or the Norse if you don't have much time, are exploring. They go north, from the north, to the northern north.
Vikings didn't have horns on their helmets...
That's right. And not even on them.
Sharnoy sorry, prepositions are hard :/
Tiedän. Siksi korjasinkin, niin muistat ensi kerralla ;)
Sharnoy :)
"Ge" part in Norge is pronounced Norje and the j sounds like first y in "yay".
in my native language the name of this country is Norvegiya and I always thought that it looks really close to "nor-veg" (northern way) but I always thought that it was too obvious to be true.
Yay its my country!
Here is the anthem! Ja vi elsker dette landet som det stiger frem! Furutrær vi over landet med de tusen hjem elsker elsker det å tenke, på vår far og mor. Og den saga natten senker, drømme på vår jord!
That is only one part...
We (Norwegians) did not invent the paper clip. Wikipedia:
"A Norwegian, Johan Vaaler (1866-1910), has erroneously been identified as the inventor of the paper clip. He was granted patents in Germany[12] and in the United States[13] (1901) for a paper clip of similar design, but less functional and practical, because it lacked the last turn of the wire. Vaaler probably did not know that a better product was already on the market, although not yet in Norway. His version was never manufactured and never marketed, because the superior Gem was already available."
Norway=North Way *mind blown*
Feels Good When u are from Norway
I wish I had horns like vikings
Vikings didn't have horns tho xD
The “narrow” etymology doesnt make any sense, but I appreciated you mentioning it. Not only did norwegians refer to themselves as “northmen” in ancient norse, but the national borders are something totally made up and surely didnt exist at the time of the vikings. Therefore the theory according to which the name Norway comes from narrow is probably incorrect
You should do Poland
Thought it was a sponsor from thrones of britania
*How Did Norway Get Its Name?:*
No way
No"r"way
Norway
Why are the people living in the Netherlands called the Dutch in English. Usually the ppl are named after the country, think Belgians, English men/women, The Irish, the German, the French. Why is this not the case with the ppl from the Netherlands? I am Dutch myself and i find it weird. In my own language we call the country Germany Duitsland and the ppl there Duitsers witch sounds kinda like the word Dutch. We live in the Netherlands (Nederland in Dutch) and call ourselfs Nederlander witch would be something like Netherlander in english I guess.
Richard de Jong the english just once decided that. Same goes for Germans.
What about Venezuela
Nynorsk means New Norwegian, not New Norse. And also I think it would be alright to just use a google translate voice for the difficult words. Otherwise, good video
How did Scandinavia get its name? Sweden? Denmark? Finland? Iceland?
Correction: We're the home of A paperclip, but not THE paperclip we all use every day. The type we all use was not invented in Norway!
It's also Norge in swedish, trust me, I would know... Since I speak Swedish.
Do Colombia or Venezuela
Hey if you ever wanna try to work on your pronunciation in any future videos go to omniglot.com and there's an A-Z index for nearly every single language plus some audio samples. :)
Not disrespecting your pronunc but just letting you know! Keep up the great work!!!
well, north in norwegian is nord pronunced *nor* so i think norway means north way.
0:05 You forgot Black Metal.
Please do Galicia Spain and Galicia Eastern Europe
What about Belgium? People know the Romans called it Belgica but why?
Students are forced to learn both nynorsk and bokmål, which is the cause of much debate (and has been for almost 100 years)
How did Romania get its name?
From the invading/occupying Romans, as can be seen in their latin-based language
In Hellenic we call you Νορβηγία - Norvigia