syden

Danish

Alternative forms

  • Syden (as a proper noun)

Etymology

From syd, after German Süden.

Noun

syden n (uncountable)

  1. (idiomatic, tourism) the south; used to denote the Mediterranean region
    Antonym: norden

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Finnish

Noun

syden

  1. genitive singular of sysi

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

  • Syden (as a proper noun)

Etymology

From syd south (alternative form of sør), after German Süden.

Pronunciation

Noun

syden (uncountable)

  1. (idiomatic, tourism) "The south"; used to denote the Iberian and eastern European sides of the Mediterranean region which since the early 1970's has been one of the foremost Norwegian vacation destinations. More recently expanded to charter-based tropical vacation destinations generally.
    Skal du til syden i ferien?
    Are you going to the south for the holidays?

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

  • Syden (as a proper noun)

Etymology

From Norwegian Bokmål syd, after German Süden.

Noun

syden (uncountable)

  1. (idiomatic, tourism) the south as a holiday destination, as above.

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