Drammen

See also: drammen

English

Etymology

From Norwegian Drammen, from Old Norse Drafn, from drǫfn (“wave”).

Proper noun

Drammen

1. A municipality and city in Buskerud, Norway
2. A town in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin, United States, named after Drammen in Norway.

Translations

municipality and city in Norway

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Drammen (no)

  Nynorsk: Drammen, Dramn

a town in the US

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Drammen (no)

References

• Unger, Carl Rikard (1896). Sproglig-historiske studier (in Norwegian). Kristiania, Norge: H. Aschehoug & Co. p. 37

Norwegian Bokmål

A view of the train station in Drammen, Norway.

Etymology

Newer form of Dramen, from Norwegian Dramn, with svarabhakti -e- and double consonant according to pronunciation, from Old Norse Drafn m (“the inner part of Drammensfjorden”), probably named after Drǫfn f (“Drammenselva”), from drǫfn (“wave”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdramːn̩/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -amːn̩
• Hyphenation: Dram‧men
• Homophone: drammen

Proper noun

Drammen

1. Drammen (a municipality and city in Viken, formerly Buskerud, Eastern Norway, Norway)
2. Drammen (a town in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin, United States), named after Drammen in Norway

Derived terms

• drammenser
• drammensgranitt
• drammensisk

 

Descendants

• → English: Drammen

References

• “Drammen” in Store norske leksikon

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• Dramn

Etymology

Newer form of Dramen and Dramn (see that).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdramːn̩/, /ˈdramːən/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -amːn̩
• Hyphenation: Dram‧men
• Homophone: drammen

Proper noun

Drammen

1. Drammen (a city and municipality of Buskerud, Norway)
   • 2015 March 25, Knut Stavseng, “Sjøholt – ut av bakevja”, in Bygdebladet, page 26:

     «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”.

Derived terms

• drammensar

Descendants

• → English: Drammen

References

• “Drammen” in Store norske leksikon