trøndemål

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From trønder (“someone from Trøndelag”) +‎ mål (“language”), based on the trønde- in Trøndelag.

Noun

trøndemål n (definite singular trøndemålet, indefinite plural trøndemål, definite plural trøndemåla)

  1. Synonym of trøndsk (“the dialect(s) of Trøndelag”)
    • 1908, Hans Ross, Norske bygdemaal, page 38:
      Trøndemaali er maali i Trøndelag, undanteke dei som er slegne te Oustfjellmaali, o dei som her sidan vert teikna te Fosnmaali ɔ: maali i Ytre Namdal o i storluten av Fosn futerike.
      The Throndish dialects are the dialects of Trøndelag, except the ones that are part of the East Mountain dialects, and the ones that are counted as Fosn dialects i.e. the dialects of Outer Namdal and the larger part of Fosn bailiff.
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