Idrettslige

Idrettslige is a Norwegian adjective meaning related to sport or athletics. It is used to describe things that pertain to sports, sporting activities, or the study and organization of sport. The word can apply to people, objects, concepts, and policies that are connected to sports.

Grammatical notes: The base form is idrettslig, used for singular masculine or feminine nouns. When describing plural nouns or definite plural forms, the form idrettslige is used as in idrettslige aktiviteter (sporting activities) or de idrettslige aktørene (the sport-related actors). The term is formed from idrett (sport) and the suffix -lig, which conveys the meaning “related to” or “characteristic of.”

Usage: Idrettslige is common in formal or academic writing, policy documents, and media reporting on sports policy, education, and administration. It serves as a general, non-specific way to label topics as connected to sports, such as idrettslige krav (sport-related requirements), idrettslige organisasjoner (sports organizations), or idrettslige analyser (sports-related analyses). In everyday speech, speakers might use more everyday phrasing or other descriptors, but idrettslige remains a standard and neutral term in Norwegian.

See also: Related Norwegian terms include idrettslig (the base form for singular), and sportrelaterte or sports-related in direct translation. The concept also parallels terms in other Scandinavian languages such as idrottslig in Swedish and idrætslig in Danish.