Comments on: Numbers in Norwegian /norwegian-numbers/ All Things Norway, In English Sun, 28 Jan 2024 21:32:06 +0000 hourly 1 By: Gerhard Zierl /norwegian-numbers/#comment-1014554 Sun, 28 Jan 2024 21:32:06 +0000 /?p=23464#comment-1014554 In reply to David Nikel.

It is usual in European countries to use the comma as a decimal marker, and the full stop as a ‘thousands’ separator. This does not apply to the British Isles, where the same system as in the USA applies.

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By: David Nikel /norwegian-numbers/#comment-990115 Tue, 26 Jan 2021 14:08:44 +0000 /?p=23464#comment-990115 In reply to Peter.

Well for kroner yes. A full stop is used as the thousand separator, yes. The comma is also used the opposite way, e.g. NOK 29.999,99. Sometimes a space is used to prevent confusion especially when referring to foreign currencies, e.g. $29 999.

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By: Peter /norwegian-numbers/#comment-990101 Mon, 25 Jan 2021 13:52:07 +0000 /?p=23464#comment-990101 A Youtuber told me that in Norway they express $30,000 US dollars, $30.000. Is this true?

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By: adam /norwegian-numbers/#comment-724762 Sat, 08 Feb 2020 16:27:09 +0000 /?p=23464#comment-724762 In reply to Bill Schmidt.

There are dialects, too. Some are heavy to understand. The majority language, Norwegian, has two distinct written varieties: Bokmål (‘Book Language’) and Nynorsk (‘New Norwegian’). They are so close to each other linguistically that they may be regarded as «written dialects», mutually completely intelligible. Orally, local dialects are extensively used throughout the country and will differ from the written language. They are also mutually intelligible, although they can be very diverse, not least in intonation. In addition, both Swedish and Danish are closely related to Norwegian and thus intelligible to Norwegians, although with some initial difficulty in many cases.
In speech, there is much blending between dialects, Bokmål and Nynorsk, but in writing, the varieties are kept more clearly apart. Nynorsk is mostly used in Western Norway as a written language (by roughly 10 % of the people, amounting to about half a million), Bokmål is dominant in the rest of the country, and is used in writing by close to 90 %.

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By: Ace /norwegian-numbers/#comment-712044 Fri, 15 Mar 2019 17:57:48 +0000 /?p=23464#comment-712044 These are such a great help, thank you so much….look forward to more

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By: David Nikel /norwegian-numbers/#comment-538910 Tue, 17 Jul 2018 11:23:04 +0000 /?p=23464#comment-538910 In reply to Bill Schmidt.

All languages change over time. Old Norse is considerably different.

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By: Bill Schmidt /norwegian-numbers/#comment-538906 Tue, 17 Jul 2018 10:20:08 +0000 /?p=23464#comment-538906 Are these pronunciations universal through out Norway? Do the age difference change in usage from old Norse to new Norse?

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