Some words from the Norwegian language have entered into common English usage. Many of the words relate to the climate and culture of Norway. Norwegian is a Germanic language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is an official language. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...

Not all of these words are definitely from Norwegian. They may be from other Scandinavian languages such as Danish or Swedish, or may come from Old Norse when it was a single language. The North Germanic languages (also Scandinavian languages or Nordic languages) is a branch of the Germanic languages spoken in Scandinavia, parts of Finland and on the Faroe Islands and Iceland. ... Old Norse or Danish tongue is the Germanic language once spoken by the inhabitants of the Nordic countries (for instance during the Viking Age). ...

• Aquavit (also akevitt, a kind of distilled spirit; Scandinavian)
• Cog (kogg; medieval sailing freightship)
• Fjord (a long indentation of a sea)
• Floe (as in ice floe, a river ice slide)
• Hey (hei, a standard greeting similar to "hello")
• Husting (as in the platform from which a candidate speaks before a parliamentary or other election)
• Klister (a kind of ski wax, from the word for glue or paste; also common Scandinavian)
• Kraken (giant octopus, or giant squid)
• Krill (small shrimp-like animal)
• Lemming (lemen, a rodent species)
• Lutefisk (fish course made from dried fish and lut, also probably influenced by Swedish lutfisk)
• Nudge (dialect nyggje, to push or rub)
• Ombudsman (a official/government representative with the task to protect individuals og groups rights and interests
• Quisling (a traitor, from Vidkun Quisling)
• Rig (rigg, as in a ship's "riggings")
• Silt (soil particle type; Scandinavian)
• Skare (a kind of ski wax, from the Norwegian word for snow crust)
• Ski (equipment for skiing activities; originally a general word for a plank or chop of wood)
• Skrei (From a word meaning "flock" or "crowd", large nomadic codfish)
• Slalom (slalåm; not too steep downhill skiing with many gates and turns)
• Telemark (a type of ski turn or style of skiing named for the Telemark region in Norway)
• Uff da (mild expletive, can also be spelled oofda, ufda, oofta and ufta)
• Yngling (sailing boat class, from the Norwegian word for "youngster")
• Ingenting (Norwegian for the word "nothing")
• Stakkars/daaakar (The Norwegian expression meaning something similar to "Aaw, you poor thing")

A bottle and glass of Linie brand akvavit. ... Excavated cog from 1380 Cogs or rather cog-built vessels came into existence around 12th century AD. They were cheracterized by flush-laid flat bottom at midships but gradually shifted to overlapped strakes near the posts. ... Fjord in Sunnmøre, Norway Prekistolen in Lysefjord, Norway Lysefjord, Norway Fjords are very long inlets from the sea with high steeply sloped walled sides. ... This entry refers to the geological term landslide. ... Hey is traditionally an interjection used to draw attention. ... Husting (Old English: hiesting; Old Norwegian: hzesthing), the thing or ting, i. ... Ski wax is a material applied to the bottom of skis or snowboards to help them perform better on snow. ... Ski wax is a material applied to the bottom of skis or snowboards to help them perform better on snow. ... Look up glue in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... This article is in need of attention. ... Pen and wash drawing by malacologist Pierre Denys de Montfort, 1801, from the descriptions of French sailors reportedly attacked by such a creature off the coast of Angola. ... Families Euphausiidae Euphausia Dana, 1852 Meganyctiphanes Holt and W. M. Tattersall, 1905 Nematobrachion Calman, 1905 Nematoscelis G. O. Sars, 1883 Nyctiphanes G. O. Sars, 1883 Pseudeuphausia Hansen, 1910 Stylocheiron G. O. Sars, 1883 Tessarabrachion Hansen, 1911 Thysanoessa Brandt, 1851 Thysanopoda Latreille, 1831 Bentheuphausiidae Bentheuphausia amblyops Krill are shrimp-like marine... Genera Dicrostonyx Lemmus Synaptomys Myopus  * Incomplete listing: see vole Lemmings are small rodents, usually found in or near the Arctic, in tundra biomes. ... Lutefisk (on the upper left side of the plate) as served in a Norwegian restaurant, with potatoes, mashed peas, and bacon. ... Stockfish is unsalted fish dried naturally by sun and wind on wooden racks called hjell, or in special drying houses. ... Sodium hydroxide (NaOH), also known as caustic soda or lye in North America, is a caustic metallic base used in industry (mostly as a strong chemical base) in the manufacture of paper, textiles, and detergents. ... We dont have an article called Nudge Start this article Search for Nudge in. ... An ombudsman is an official, usually (but not always) appointed by the government or by parliament, who is charged with representing the interests of the public by investigating and addressing complaints reported by individual citizens. ... Quisling, after Norwegian fascist politician Vidkun Quisling, is a term used to describe traitors and collaborationists. ... Vidkun Abraham Lauritz Jonssøn Quisling, (July 18, 1887 – October 24, 1945) was a Norwegian army officer and fascist politician. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Silt is soil or rock derived granular material of a specific grain size. ... Skare (or Skarde) is a village in Odda municipality, Norway. ... Ski wax is a material applied to the bottom of skis or snowboards to help them perform better on snow. ... A shaped, twin-tip alpine ski. ... Alpine skier carving a turn on piste Members of the U.S. Air Force skiing (and snowboarding) at Keystone Resorts 14th Annual SnoFest Downhill Ski Racing This article is about snow skiing. ... Codfish that is caught during spawning. ... the world is coming to the end!!!!! cod is going to eat up alive and do us hard up the emmm. ... To slalom is to zigzag between obstacles. ... Alpine skiing (or downhill skiing) is a recreational activity and sport involving sliding down snow-covered hills with long, thin skis attached to each foot. ... Telemark skiing is a term used for skiing using the Telemark turn which is a technique first popularized by Sondre Norheim. ... Telemark is a county in Norway, bordering Vestfold, Buskerud, Hordaland, Rogaland and Aust-Agder. ... Uff da is an exclamation of Norwegian origin that is relatively common in the Upper Midwestern states of the United States, meaning roughly drats, oops! or ouch! especially if the ouch! is an empathetic one. ... Yngling (keelboat) - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ...

See also

• Lists of English words of international origin
• List of English words of Swedish origin
• List of English words of Old Norse origin
• The category of words with Norwegian derivations at Wiktionary, Wikipedia's sister project
• The category of words with Danish derivations at Wiktionary, Wikipedia's sister project
• The category of words with Swedish derivations at Wiktionary, Wikipedia's sister project