ombudsmann – Norwegian Bokmål noun declension

Noun: ombudsmann
Gender: Masculine Hyphenation:

Indefinite

Sg.	ombudsmann
Pl.	ombudsmenn

Definite

Sg.	ombudsmannen
Pl.	ombudsmennene

Sample Sentences

kongens ombudsmann (the king's representative)
den som kongen eller hans ombudsmann oppnevner, skal styre skipet (The person appointed by the king or his representative shall command the ship.) [2024, Jo Rune Ugulen Kristiansen (translator), Magnus Lagabøtes landslov, page 66:]
bispen satte Gyrd paa Finsbrekken som sin ombudsmand (The bishop appointed Gyrd at Finsbrekka as his representative.) [1920, Sigrid Undset, Kransen, page 102:]
bønderne mine negtet at svare landskyld eller tale med mine ombudsmænd (My peasants refused to pay land rent or speak with my representatives.) [1920, Sigrid Undset, Kransen, page 168:]
[skatte] til de norske ombudsmændene ([pay tax] to the Norwegian representatives) [1921, Sigrid Undset, Husfrue, page 227:]
ved siden av lagmannen spiller andre kongelige ombudsmenn og håndgangne menn en avgjørende rolle i rettspleien mot slutten av høymiddelalderen, i første rekke syslemannen (Alongside the lawspeaker, other royal representatives and retainers played a decisive role in the administration of justice towards the end of the High Middle Ages, foremost among them the sýslumaður.) [1974, Knut Helle, Norge blir en stat 1130–1319, page 184:]
futer med ansvar for bestemte futedømmer overtok … som kongelige ombudsmenn (Bailiffs responsible for particular bailiwicks took over … as royal representatives.) [2000, Margit Harsson, Stein, page 51:]
[han] gjorde storhandel for andre, som han var ombudsmand for ([He] conducted large-scale trade for others, for whom he acted as an agent.) [1925, Peter Egge, Hansine Solstad, page 86:]
ombudsmannen for Forsvaret (the ombudsman for the Norwegian Armed Forces)
i forhold til forvaltningen og klagerne er ombudsmannen en utenforstående, upartisk instans (In relation to the administration and the complainants, the ombudsman is an outside, impartial body.) [1976, Andreas Schei, Menigmann og myndighetene, page 15:]

Nouns inflected like ombudsmann

buskmann, vitenskapsmann, spellemann, snømann, stuntmann, forretningsmann, brannmann, spillemann, sjømann, kjøpmann, ombudsmann, levemann, attentatmann, statsmann, kinamann, opphavsmann, pressetalsmann, verksmann, gjerningsmann, altmuligmann, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)

Etymology

1. Inherited from Old Norse umboðsmaðr (“authorised representative, steward”). The Old Norse form is a compound of the genitive singular of umboð (“commission, authority”) and maðr (“man, person”).
2. By surface analysis, ombud (“commission, public office; representative”) + -s- (“interfix”) + mann (“man, person”).
3. Compare Norwegian Nynorsk ombodsmann, Danish ombudsmand, Swedish ombudsman, Icelandic umboðsmaður and Faroese umboðsmaður (“authorised representative; ombudsman”). See: Old Norse Nouns 'umboðsmaðr', Old Norse Nouns 'umboðsmaðr', Danish Nouns 'ombudsmand', Swedish Nouns 'ombudsman', Icelandic Nouns 'umboðsmaður', Faroese Nouns 'umboðsmaður'.