Meaning

3 senses
  1. (plural, plural only)The collective Scandinavian (or specifically Norwegian) people.

    скандина́выskandinávy

  2. (plural, plural only)Speakers of any of the North Germanic languages.

    the northern family of Germanic languages that are spoken in Scandinavia and Iceland

  3. (US, dated, rare, uncountable)A size of type between Saxon and excelsior, 2+¹⁄₂-point type.

    Microscopique

Examples

5 sentences
  1. Thor was one of the Norse gods.

    deThor war einer der nordischen Götter. — Waldelfe

  2. Both English "are" and Danish "er" come from Old Norse "eru."

    deSowohl das englische „are“ als auch das dänische „er“ stammen aus dem altnordischen „eru“. — Adelpa

  3. Tom is an expert on Norse mythology. He's read every Thor comic.

  4. In the beginning, there was only one language in the Nordic countries, Proto-Norse.

  5. Torpenhow Hill comes from torpen (British "top of a hill") and haugr (Old Norse "hill'), so it's basically Hill-hill Hill.

    ruТорпенхау-Хилл от слов torpen (по-британски "вершина холма") и haugr (по-древнескандинавски "холм"), таким образом значит "Холмо-холмовый Холм". — corvard

Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
Scandinavian/Norwegian people:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
2½-point type:

Origin

Partly from Dutch Noorsch (now Noors (“Norwegian”)), from noordsch (“northern; nordic”); a

Partly from Dutch Noorsch (now Noors (“Norwegian”)), from noordsch (“northern; nordic”); and partly from Danish norsk (“Norwegian”). Both equivalent to north + -ish. Doublet of Norsk.

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Forms

plural: Norses
SingularNorse
PluralNorses

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
Norse — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto