bunad

Norwegian Bokmål
girls wearing bunad

Etymology

From Old Norse búnaðr. Equivalent to bo (“to live, stay, dwell”) +‎ -nad

Noun

bunad m (definite singular bunaden, indefinite plural bunader, definite plural bunadene)

  1. a traditional Norwegian costume

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse búnaðr.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /²bʉːnɑ(d)/

Noun

bunad m (definite singular bunaden, indefinite plural bunader or bunadar, definite plural bunadene or bunadane)

  1. a traditional Norwegian costume

Inflection
Historical inflection of bunad
indefinite singular definite singular indefinite plural definite plural
Aasen1 Bunad Bunaden Bunadar Bunadarne
1901 bunadarne (bunadane)
1917 bunadane
1959 bunader bunadene
1995 bunader [bunadar] bunadene [bunadane]
2012 (current) bunad bunaden bunadar, bunader bunadane, bunadene

Forms in italics are currently considered non-standard. Forms in [brackets] were official, but considered second-tier. Forms in (parentheses) were allowed under Midlandsnormalen. 1Nouns were capitalised for most of the 19th century.

References
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