Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Telemark

1. A county in Eastern Norway.

Related terms

• telemarking (Bokmål)

Descendants

• English: telemark

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse Þelamǫrk, from the genitive plural case of þelir ‎(name of an old Germanic tribe) + mǫrk ‎(“borderland, march, mark, woodland”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Te‧le‧mark

Proper noun

Telemark

1. A county in Eastern Norway.

Related terms

• telemarking (Nynorsk)

Descendants

• English: telemark

English

Linda Peer telemark skiing in powdery snow

Noun

telemark ‎(countable and uncountable, plural telemarks)

1. (uncountable, skiing) Telemark skiing, a method of skiing using the telemark turn and a binding that only connects the boot to the ski at the toes.
2. (countable, skiing) A telemark turn.

Synonyms

• (telemark skiing): free-heel skiing

Derived terms

• telemark skiing
• telemark turn

Translations

Verb

telemark ‎(third-person singular simple present telemarks, present participle telemarking, simple past and past participle telemarked)

1. (skiing, intransitive) To take part in telemark skiing.
2. (skiing, intransitive) To perform a telemark turn.

References

• “telemark” (US) / “telemark” (UK) in Oxford Dictionaries, Oxford University Press.