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[McDoomhammer]

Addendum:  I had a linguistics professor who spoke Basque (first language, I think.)  Apparently it's incredibly difficult to learn.

[Lobsta]

In danish its Dværg (pronounced Dvaerg)

[MuonDecay]

quote:Originally posted by Lobsta:
<STRONG>In danish its Dværg (pronounced Dvaerg)</STRONG>

So there are languages where that compressed a-e character is not merely an archaic remnant and is in everyday use?

[Bullion]

well, dwarf isn't an everyday word is it?

[martinuzz]

quote:Originally posted by Lobsta:
<STRONG>In danish its Dværg (pronounced Dvaerg)</STRONG>

I watched the Martin Beck detective series long time ago and was surprised how much of the Danish I could actually understand. It has many similarities with Dutch.

[Apegrape]

Norwegian: Dverg
Pronounciation: Dw(ah)rg without the thick w.

[Narushima]

quote:Originally posted by MuonDecay:
<STRONG>

So there are languages where that compressed a-e character is not merely an archaic remnant and is in everyday use?</STRONG>

Yes. French for example. We also have the "œ (o-e)".

[Dae]

quote:Originally posted by Torak:
<STRONG>In Political, it's Little People.</STRONG>

Or "People suffering from height defficiency".

[Wood Gnome]

in finnish it's kääpiö.  tonttu is for gnomes, the little dudes who looks after your house.

[Gorjo MacGrymm]

I beleive in Irish it would be Leprechaun?  

For some reason this thread makes me want to go rent "under the rainbow"

[mickel]

quote:Originally posted by Kagus:
<STRONG>Norwegian "Dverg", pronounced like it's written.

However, the term "nisse" (NIS-seh) would more commonly be used.  It's sort of a gnome, or some other small thingy.  Santa Clause is "Julenissen", or "the Yule Gnome".</STRONG>

Same thing with Swedish really. "Dvärg" is a midget, although also applied to fantasy dwarfs. "Nisse" and "vätte" would work too, though they're not really the same thing, are they? "Nisse" is a gnome, not a dwarf. And a "vätte" is a smaller, less civilized and more malicious type of being.

Oh, well. Let's go with "dvärg".

[Helmaroc]

If my skills *cough translator cough* prove correct, it's μικροσκοπικός in Greek. Don't ask me to pronounce that.

[martinuzz]

mee-kros-kó-pei-kos? As in 'microscope'. Literally meaning 'being looked at (as something) very small'
Yep, a dwarf.
Μικρος = small
Σκόπειν = to look
In ancient Greek at least.

[ June 09, 2008: Message edited by: martinuzz ]

[BurnedToast]

In Khuzdul:  Khazâd

[Tommy2U]

In Polish: 'krasnolud'

The word was coined in the sixties for the LoTR translation, as an augmentative of 'krasnoludek', which is the word for gnome or Snow White's dwarf.
'Krasnoludek' literally means 'a tiny man wearing a red cap'. 'Krasnolud' sounds more serious and has been used for fantasy dwarves ever since.