Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

bornert (masculine bornert; feminine bornert; neuter bornert; plural bornerte; comparative mer bornert; superlative mest bornert)

1. narrow-minded (having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas)
   • Øyvind Aase, "Komponisthjem som må på kartet", Aftenposten, October 12 2011.

     Som kunstner skrev Hurum en rekke klaverstykker, sanger, fiolin- og orkesterverker av utvilsom kvalitet, og han fremsto i sin tid som en radikaler for Kristianias bornerte kritikerkorps.

     As an artist, Hurum wrote a series of piano pieces, songs, violin and orchestra compositions of indubitable quality, and he was prominent in his day as a radical for Christiania's (i.e. Oslo's) narrow-minded community of critics.

   Jeg synes han er inkompetent, selvopptatt, bornert og en skam for sitt parti. (Georg Apenes to NRK)

   I think he is incompetent, self-centred, narrow-minded and a disgrace for his party.

Synonyms

• filistrøs, smalsporet, sneversynt, småskåren, spissborgerlig, trangsynt, begrenset/begrensa, ensidig, fordomsfull, innskrenket, konvensjonell, pedantisk, trang

References

• “bornert” in The Ordnett Dictionary
• “bornert” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Past participle of obsolete verb bornere, "to delimit", from French borner, "to delimit", thus literally "delimited".

Adjective

bornert (masculine bornert; feminine bornert; neuter bornert; plural bornerte; comparative meir bornert; superlative mest bornert)

1. narrow-minded (having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas)

   Eg synest han er inkompetent, sjølvopptatt, bornert og ein skam for partiet sitt. (Georg Apenes on NRK)

   I think he is incompetent, self-centred, narrow-minded and a shame for his party.

Synonyms

• filistrøs, smalspora, sneversynt, småskoren, spissborgarleg, trongsynt, avgrensa, einsidig, fordomsfull, innskrenka, konvensjonell, pedantisk, trong

References

• “bornert” in The Ordnett Dictionary
• “bornert” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary.