r/norsk • u/dwchandler • Feb 21 '21

Søndagsspørsmål #372 - Sunday Question Thread

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u/frogskocinq Feb 22 '21

Is there a good source for Norwegian nordic racing skiing vocabulary? Hoping someone who skis can chime in.

Gå på langrenn translate as just going cross country skiing, somewhat like gå på skitur, and I am trying to tease out the nuance.

If someone knows a site, that would be great. I did search reddit and nothing useful came up. I appreciate the insights.

Here are some specific words:

  • classic skiing technique
  • skate skiing technique
  • striding (one part of classic skiing)
  • double poling (another part of classic skiing and skate skiing)
  • wax skis (å smøre? any preposition? correct?)
  • wax (en voks)
  • cornering (gå rundt et hjørne? is there a better word?)
  • go uphill (gå oppover, but how do you the uphills as the uphill portions?)
  • go down (gå utfor, same as above, the downhill, utforkjøringsseksjonene? )
  • track (where one classic skis, et spor)
  • skate deck (where one skate skis, the groomed corduroy portion)
  • binding (where the boot attaches to the ski, en innbinding)

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u/knoberation Native speaker Feb 22 '21 edited Feb 22 '21

I'll try these, but I may get some of the more technical ones wrong. For the record I don't ski, but I have watched a lot of cross country skiing.

  • classic skiing technique - klassisk stil
  • skate skiing technique - fristil, or skøyting
  • striding (one part of classic skiing) - fraspark (?)
  • double poling (another part of classic skiing and skate skiing) - staking
  • wax skis (å smøre? any preposition? correct?) - å smøre skiene
  • wax (en voks) - skismurning/festesmurning
  • cornering (gå rundt et hjørne? is there a better word?) - not sure, possibly just "sving", "gå rundt svingen", "ta innersvingen" etc.
  • go uphill (gå oppover, but how do you the uphills as the uphill portions?) - motbakke
  • go down (gå utfor, same as above, the downhill, utforkjøringsseksjonene? ) - unnabakke (or utforbakke, but I'm not sure if that's used regarding cross country)
  • track (where one classic skis, et spor) - skispor (or skiløype for a large portion of track/the entire track which could potentially also include skating sections)
  • skate deck (where one skate skis, the groomed corduroy portion) - not sure, but I do find the word "skøyteområde" used a couple places.
  • binding (where the boot attaches to the ski, en innbinding) - binding

As for a general resource for Norwegian cross country vocabulary, I can't really find one. I'd recommend just reading about the subject in Norwegian and making a note of relevant words, googling the words you don't know etc.

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u/perrrperrr Native Speaker Feb 22 '21

Double poling can also be "dobbeldans". "Enkeldans" is the same with lower frequency.

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u/frogskocinq Feb 23 '21

Simple poling. Is that striding or easy double poling?

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u/perrrperrr Native Speaker Feb 24 '21

Honestly I don't know, I just hear the TV commentators using both expressions.