Danish

Noun

orientering c (singular definite orienteringen, plural indefinite orienteringer)

1. orientation
2. briefing, information

Inflection

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From orientere +‎ -ing

Noun

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

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

References

• “orientering” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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

References

• “orientering” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

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

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

Related terms

• orienterare
• orienteringstävling