orientering

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔriənteːrenɡ/, [ɒiənˈtˢeːˀɐ̯eŋ]

Noun

orientering c (singular definite orienteringen, plural indefinite orienteringer)

  1. orientation
  2. briefing, information

Inflection

Declension of orientering
common
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative orientering orienteringen orienteringer orienteringerne
genitive orienterings orienteringens orienteringers orienteringernes

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From orientere +‎ -ing.

Noun

orientering f or m (definite singular orienteringa or orienteringen, indefinite plural orienteringer, definite plural orienteringene)

  1. a briefing
  2. orientation
  3. (sports) orienteering

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From orientere +‎ -ing.

Noun

orientering f (definite singular orienteringa, indefinite plural orienteringar, definite plural orienteringane)

  1. a briefing
  2. orientation
  3. (sports) orienteering

Derived terms

References

Swedish

Etymology

From orientera +‎ -ing. According to the Svenska Orienteringsförbundet (Swedish Orienteering Federation), the first known written record of the word orientering in the sense of finding one's way in an unknown terrain with the aid of a map, is from a report by the director of Sweden's Royal War Academy at Karlberg, colonel H. Thulstrup, in 1886.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔrjɛn¹teːrɪŋ/
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Noun

orientering c

  1. orientation; inclination, direction, position; the ability to find one's way or to know precisely where one is located (also figuratively)
  2. (mathematics) orientation
  3. orientation; the act of orienting something
  4. an orientation, a briefing, a short summary
  5. (sports, uncountable) orienteering; racing through unfamiliar terrain

Declension

Derived terms

  • orienteringstävling

See also

References