Ordnett
Encyclopedia
Ordnett is a Norwegian online dictionary
service, published and maintained by Kunnskapsforlaget
, a privately held publishing house. Ordnett offers access to 27 dictionaries, covering 5 languages. This makes it the largest, commercially available dictionary database i Norway. Thirteen of the dictionaries are either oneway or twoway English (with Norwegian being the opposite language), including 3 publications from Oxford University Press
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Ordnett is available through an ordinary web browser. It is a subscription based service, offering annual subscriptions. The site includes a free Norwegian dictionary, Norsk ordbok
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In December 2007 Ordnett was made available as an offline service, called Ordnett Pluss. Both program and dictionary content is downloaded and installed on Windows computers. Like its online counterpart Ordnett Pluss is subscription based, depending on online renewal.
Dictionary
A dictionary is a collection of words in one or more specific languages, often listed alphabetically, with usage information, definitions, etymologies, phonetics, pronunciations, and other information; or a book of words in one language with their equivalents in another, also known as a lexicon...
service, published and maintained by Kunnskapsforlaget
Kunnskapsforlaget
Kunnskapsforlaget is a Norwegian publishing company based in Oslo that concentrates on encyclopedias, encyclopedic books, textbooks, and dictonaries. The company, created in 1975, is owned by Gyldendal Norsk Forlag and Aschehoug ....
, a privately held publishing house. Ordnett offers access to 27 dictionaries, covering 5 languages. This makes it the largest, commercially available dictionary database i Norway. Thirteen of the dictionaries are either oneway or twoway English (with Norwegian being the opposite language), including 3 publications from Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press is the largest university press in the world. It is a department of the University of Oxford and is governed by a group of 15 academics appointed by the Vice-Chancellor known as the Delegates of the Press. They are headed by the Secretary to the Delegates, who serves as...
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Ordnett is available through an ordinary web browser. It is a subscription based service, offering annual subscriptions. The site includes a free Norwegian dictionary, Norsk ordbok
Norsk Ordbok
Norsk Ordbok may refer to:* Norsk Ordbok * Norsk ordbok...
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In December 2007 Ordnett was made available as an offline service, called Ordnett Pluss. Both program and dictionary content is downloaded and installed on Windows computers. Like its online counterpart Ordnett Pluss is subscription based, depending on online renewal.