Syden

syden Norwegian Bokmål Etymology nb de Süden south. The German term is from a West Germanic directional word meaning “south”; compare nl zuiden, en south, da syd and nb sør south. Compare nn Syden the South, southern holiday regions. Pronunciation nb /ˈsyː.dən/ nb yːdən 2 nb Sy den Proper noun nb proper noun nb idiomatic tourism the South; southern countries or regions, especially the Mediterranean countries and other warm holiday destinations nb De tok en ferietur til Syden. They took a holiday trip to the South. nb Trekkfuglene drar til Syden om høsten. Migratory birds fly south in autumn. nb 1879 Henrik Ibsen Et dukkehjem 34 intet andet kunde redde ham, end et ophold i syden nothing could save him except a stay in the South. nb 1853 Henrik Ibsen Sancthansnatten Svalen drog seent om høst mod Sydens sommer The swallow travelled late in autumn towards the summer of the South. nb 1871 Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson Foran Sydens kloster Foran Sydens kloster Before the convent of the South. nb 2003 no Dag Østerberg Brahms stille, utilfredsstilt lengsel etter solen og syden silent, unsatisfied longing for the sun and the South. nb 2004 Tor Bomann-Larsen Folket. Haakon & Maud II av … sunnhetshensyn tilbragte Vicky vinterhalvåret i Syden for … health reasons, Vicky spent the winter half-year in the South. Usage notes In current Bokmål orthography, nb Syden is written with a capital initial, like nb Norden, nb Vesten and nb Østen. Lowercase nb syden occurs in older or nonstandard use. nb Syden is especially used in Norwegian for warm-weather holiday destinations, traditionally southern Europe and the Mediterranean, but often also warmer tourist regions more generally. Derived terms nb sydenferie holiday in Syden nb Syden-ferie holiday in Syden nb sydenreise trip to Syden nb sydentur trip to Syden nb Syden-tur trip to Syden See also nb Norden the Nordic countries; the North nb Vesten the West nb Østen the East nb sør south References Syden syden