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Drammen
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drammen
English
+, Norway
+, Wisconsin
Etymology
From en no Drammen, from en non Drafn, from non drǫfn wave.
Proper noun
en municipality/and/city co/Buskerud c/Norway.
en town co/Eau Claire County s/Wisconsin c/USA, named after Drammen in Norway.
Translations
municipality and city in Norway
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb Drammen
Nynorsk: nn Drammen, nn Dramn
a town in the US
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb Drammen
References
Unger, Carl Rikard (1896). Sproglig-historiske studier (in Norwegian). Kristiania, Norge: H. Aschehoug & Co. p. 37
Norwegian Bokmål
nb:
right|thumb|250px|A view of the train station in Drammen, Norway.
Etymology
Newer form of nn Dramen, from nb no Dramn, with svarabhakti -e- and double consonant according to pronunciation, from nb non Drafn the inner part of Drammensfjorden m, probably named after non Drǫfn Drammenselva f, from non drǫfn wave.
Pronunciation
nb /ˈdramːn̩/
nb nb-drammen.ogg
nb amːn̩
nb Dram men
nb drammen
Proper noun
nb proper noun
nb municipality/and/city co/Viken formerly former/Buskerud r/Eastern Norway c/Norway Drammen
nb town co/Eau Claire County s/Wisconsin c/USA Drammen, named after Drammen in Norway
Derived terms
nb drammenser drammensisk drammensgranitt
Descendants
en Drammen 1
References
“Drammen” in Store norske leksikon
Norwegian Nynorsk
nn:+ kommune
Alternative forms
nn Dramn
Etymology
Newer form of nn Dramen and nn Dramn (see that).
Pronunciation
nn /ˈdramːn̩/ /ˈdramːən/
nn nb-drammen.ogg
nn amːn̩
nn Dram men
nn drammen
Proper noun
nn proper noun
nn city/and/municipality co/Buskerud c/Norway Drammen
nn 25th March 2015 Bygdebladet Knut Stavseng Sjøholt – ut av bakevja «Det er betre med ein dram i timen enn ein time i Drammen». “It’s better with a dram per hour than an hour in Drammen”. 26 https://www.nb.no/items/7a6d98c42b922abdf16db0baabafe177?page=25
Derived terms
nn drammensar
Descendants
en Drammen 1
References
“Drammen” in Store norske leksikon