Examples
Below are a few sentences giving an indication of the differences between Bokmål and Nynorsk, compared to the conservative (nearer to Danish) form Riksmål, Danish, as well as Old Norse, Swedish, Faroese, Icelandic (the living language grammatically closest to Old Norse), Old English and other modern Germanic languages:
| Language | Phrase | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I come from Norway | What is his name? | This is a horse | The rainbow has many colors | ||
| Bokmål | Jeg kommer fra Norge | Hva heter han? | Dette er en hest | Regnbuen har mange farger | |
| Riksmål | Regnbuen har mange farver | ||||
| Danish | Hvad hedder han? | ||||
| Nynorsk | Eg kjem frå Noreg | Kva heiter han? | Dette er ein hest | Regnbogen har mange fargar/leter Regnbogen er mangleta |
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| Høgnorsk | Regnbogen hev mange leter Regnbogen er manglìta |
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| Old Norse | Ek kem frá Noregi | Hvat heitir hann? | Þetta er hross/Þessi er hestr | Regnboginn er marglitr | |
| Icelandic | Ég kem frá Noregi | Hvað heitir hann? | Þetta er hross/Þessi er hestur | Regnboginn er marglitur | |
| Faroese | Eg komi frá Noregi/Norra | Hvat eitur hann?/Hvat heitir hann? | Hetta er eitt ross/ein hestur | Ælabogin hevur nógvar litir/ Ælabogin er marglitur | |
| Swedish | Jag kommer från Norge | Vad heter han? | Detta är en häst | Regnbågen har många färger | |
| Old English | Ic cume fram Norwegan | Hwat hatþ he? | Þis is hors | Se regnboga hæfð manige hiw | |
| German | Ich komme aus Norwegen | Wie heißt er? | Dies ist ein Pferd/Ross | Der Regenbogen hat viele (manche) Farben | |
| Dutch | Ik kom uit Noorwegen | Hoe heet hij? | Dit is een paard (ros) | De regenboog heeft veel (menige) kleuren | |
| Afrikaans | Ek kom van Noorweë af | Wat is sy naam? (Hoe heet hy? - more archaic and formal) | Dit is 'n perd | Die reënboog het baie kleure | |
| West Frisian | Ik kom út Noarwegen | Hoe hjit er? | Dit is in hynder/happe | De reinbôge hat mannich kleuren | |
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