Norwegianization
English
Alternative forms
- Norwegianisation
Etymology
Norwegian + -ization
Noun
Norwegianization (uncountable)
- The former Norwegian government policy of assimilating the Sami and Kven peoples into an ethnically and culturally uniform Norwegian population.
- The changing of foreign words into a Norwegian form.
- "Snøbrett" is a Norwegianization of "snowboard".
Related terms
- Norwegianize