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Learn Norwegian Nynorsk

Nynorsk · written standard · ~600k users · Lemmatizer: spaCy (Bokmål model)

Full morphological lemmatization

Nynorsk is the other Norwegian — built from rural dialects by Ivar Aasen in the 1850s as an alternative to the Danish-derived Bokmål. If you're reading Tarjei Vesaas, watching NRK's west-coast coverage, or you just prefer your Norwegian closer to its roots, you want Nynorsk.

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Why Laesi for Norwegian Nynorsk?

What the big apps miss

01

Works the same as Bokmål

The nb_core_news_sm spaCy model handles both standards. Laesi treats them as separate vocabulary databases so progress in one doesn't contaminate the other.

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The literary Norwegian

Tarjei Vesaas, Olav H. Hauge, Kjartan Fløgstad, Jon Fosse — some of Norway's most celebrated writers chose Nynorsk.

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Regional media and the Vestland

NRK Vestland publishes daily in Nynorsk. Sogn Avis, Bergens Tidende — all readable, all importable.

Reading sample

Is-slottet, opening

Tarjei Vesaas, 1963

Ein ung, kvit panne som bora seg fram i mørkret. Ei jente på elleve år.

Siss. Det var berre Siss på vegen no. Ho var på veg til Unn.

Unseen Seen Recognized Remembered Known (no highlight)
Suggested library

What to read in Norwegian Nynorsk

Mostly public domain. Drop the EPUB into Laesi and start.

Is-slottet
Tarjei Vesaas, 1963

A short, devastating novel. Probably the most famous Nynorsk literary work.

Fuglane
Tarjei Vesaas, 1957

The inner life of a simple man. Spare, beautiful prose.

Dikt i samling
Olav H. Hauge

Collected poems. The orchardist-poet of Ulvik.

NRK Vestland
ongoing

Daily Nynorsk journalism. Save articles and import as text.

Features, for Norwegian Nynorsk specifically

Nynorsk shares Laesi's Norwegian infrastructure with a few things worth calling out.

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  • 01
    Separate vocabulary per written standard
    Don't want your Nynorsk progress polluted by Bokmål? Laesi keeps them as separate languages under the hood.
  • 02
    Dialect-aware lookup
    Many Nynorsk writers mix in regional dialect. Wiktionary lookups handle common variants with graceful fallback.
  • 03
    spaCy + Wiktionary combo
    Lemmatization through spaCy, definitions through Wiktionary, which has strong Nynorsk coverage.
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