österland
Swedish
Etymology
Compound of öster (“east”) + land (“land”).
Proper noun
österland n (genitive österlands)
- (exoticizing) the East, the Orient
- Synonym: Orienten
- 2015 December 15, Lars Moberg, “Uzbekistan – landet vars regim kan ha beställt mordet”, in Sveriges Television[1], archived from the original on 8 July 2018:
- Viktig var handeln med Kina även i historisk tid med Samarkand som en station längs Sidenvägen, den handelsled som förband Europa med Österlandet.
- Trade with China was important even in historical times, with Samarkand as a station along the Silk Road, the trade route that connected Europe with the East.
- 2017 September 20, Mårten Mellberg, “Egypten i fokus på Östergötlands museum”, in Sveriges Radio[2], archived from the original on 17 February 2025:
- I utställningen "Österlandets skatter" visas föremål från Kina, Persien och Japan.
- In the exhibition "Treasures of the Orient" artefacts from China, Persia, and Japan are displayed.
Usage notes
Mostly used in the definite singular form.
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | österland | österlands |
| definite | österlandet | österlandets | |
| plural | indefinite | — | — |
| definite | — | — |