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Norwegian vs Swedish - What's the difference?

norwegian | swedish |

As proper nouns the difference between norwegian and swedish

is that norwegian is the language of norway while swedish is the language of sweden and (an autonomous part of finland) swedish is also one of the two official languages of finland, spoken by 6% of the citizens a very small minority in estonia has swedish as their mother tongue.

As adjectives the difference between norwegian and swedish

is that norwegian is of or pertaining to norway (the country) while swedish is of or pertaining to sweden.

As a noun norwegian

is a native of norway.

norwegian

Alternative forms

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Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • The language of Norway.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A native of Norway.
  • Hypernyms

    *North Atlanticist

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to Norway (the country)
  • Of or pertaining to the Norwegian people
  • Of or pertaining to the Norwegian language
  • See also

    * * * Nynorsk * * * (no)

    swedish

    English

    (Swedish language)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • The language of Sweden and (an autonomous part of Finland). Swedish is also one of the two official languages of Finland, spoken by 6% of the citizens. A very small minority in Estonia has Swedish as their mother tongue.
  • See also

    * (sv) * Language list

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of or pertaining to Sweden.
  • Of or pertaining to the Swedish language.
  • Anagrams

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