Scandinavian

English

Etymology

From Scandinavia +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌskændɪˈneɪvi.ən/

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• Hyphenation: Scan‧di‧na‧vi‧an

Noun

Scandinavian (plural Scandinavians)

1. Someone from Scandinavia.
2. (Chess) The Scandinavian Defence.

Translations

someone from Scandinavia

• Catalan: escandinau m
• Czech: Skandinávec m, Skandinávka f
• Danish: skandinav c
• Dutch: Scandinaviër (nl) m, Scandinaaf (nl) m, Scandinavische (nl) f, Scandinaafse (nl) f
• Esperanto: skandinavo, skandinavino (female)
• Estonian: skandinaavlane
• Faroese: skandinavi m
• Finnish: skandinaavi (fi)
• French: Scandinave (fr) m or f
• Galician: escandinavo m, escandinava f
• Georgian: სკანდინავიელი (sḳandinavieli)
• German: Skandinavier (de) m, Skandinavierin (de) f
• Greek: Σκανδιναβός (el) m (Skandinavós)
• Hebrew: סקנדינבי (he)
• Hungarian: skandináv (hu)
• Icelandic: Skandinavi m
• Ido: Skandinaviano (io), Skandinavo
• Irish: Lochlannach m
• Italian: scandinavo (it) m, scandinava (it) f
• Latvian: skandināvs m, skandināviete f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: skandinav m

  Nynorsk: skandinav m

• Old English: Norþmann m
• Portuguese: escandinavo (pt) m, escandinava f
• Russian: скандина́в (ru) m (skandináv), скандина́вка (ru) f (skandinávka)
• Scottish Gaelic: Lochlannach m
• Slovak: Škandinávec m, Škandinávka (sk) f
• Spanish: escandinavo (es) m, escandinava (es) f
• Swahili: Mskandinavi
• Swedish: skandinav (sv) c
• Turkish: İskandinav (tr), İskandinavyalı

Adjective

Scandinavian (comparative more Scandinavian, superlative most Scandinavian)

1. Of or relating to Scandinavia.
   • 2013 June 8, “Obama goes troll-hunting”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 55:

     The solitary, lumbering trolls of Scandinavian mythology would sometimes be turned to stone by exposure to sunlight. Barack Obama is hoping that several measures announced on June 4th will have a similarly paralysing effect on their modern incarnation, the patent troll.

2. (Of a language) Of or relating to the North Germanic family of languages to which Swedish, Norwegian (Bokmål, Nynorsk), Danish, Icelandic, and Faeroese belong.

Derived terms

• Scandinavian cross
• Scandinavian Defence
• Scandinavianism
• Scandinavianist
• Scandinavian mile
• Scandinavian noir
• Scandinavian padlock
• Scandinavian Peninsula

 

Translations

of or relating to Scandinavia

• Armenian: սկանդինավյան (hy) (skandinavyan)
• Asturian: escandinavu
• Catalan: escandinau
• Czech: skandinávský (cs)
• Danish: skandinavisk
• Dutch: Scandinavisch (nl), Scandinaafs (nl)
• Faroese: skandinaviskur m
• Finnish: skandinaavinen (fi)
• French: scandinave (fr)
• Galician: escandinavo
• Georgian: სკანდინავიური (sḳandinaviuri), სკანდინავიის (sḳandinaviis)
• German: skandinavisch (de)
• Greek: σκανδιναβικός (el) m (skandinavikós)
• Hungarian: skandináv (hu)
• Icelandic: skandinavískur m, norrænn (is) m
• Ido: Skandinaviana (io), Skandinava
• Irish: Lochlannach
• Italian: scandinavo (it)
• Latvian: skandināvu, skandināvisks
• Macedonian: сканди́навски (skandínavski)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: skandinavisk (no)

  Nynorsk: skandinavisk

• Polish: skandynawski (pl) m
• Portuguese: escandinavo (pt)
• Romanian: scandinav (ro)
• Russian: скандина́вский (ru) (skandinávskij)
• Scottish Gaelic: Lochlannach
• Slovak: škandinávsky (sk)
• Spanish: escandinavo (es)
• Swahili: -a Uskandinavi
• Swedish: skandinavisk (sv)
• Tagalog: Eskandinabo
• Turkish: İskandinav (tr)
• Ukrainian: скандина́вський m (skandynávsʹkyj)

of or relating the North Germanic family of languages

• Danish: skandinavisk
• Dutch: Scandinavisch (nl)
• Faroese: skandinaviskur m
• Finnish: skandinaavinen (fi), pohjoisgermaaninen
• French: scandinave (fr)
• Galician: escandinavo m
• Georgian: სკანდინავიური (sḳandinaviuri)
• Icelandic: skandinavískur m, norrænn (is) m
• Ido: Skandinaviana (io), Skandinava
• Latvian: skandināvu, skandināvisks
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: skandinavisk (no)

  Nynorsk: skandinavisk

• Slovak: škandinávsky (sk)
• Swahili: -a Kiskandinavi
• Swedish: skandinavisk (sv)

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Translations to be checked

• Estonian: ^{(please verify)} skandinaavia