North Sea

English

Etymology

From Middle English North-see, from Old English norþsǣ (“northern sea, Bristol Channel, Baltic, North Sea”), equivalent to north +‎ sea. Cognate with West Frisian Noardsee (“North Sea”), Dutch Noordzee, German Nordsee, Danish Nordsøen, Swedish Nordsjön, Icelandic Norðursjór.

Proper noun

the North Sea

A marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean between Britain (in the west), Scandinavia (in the east) and Germany, Netherlands, Belgium and France (in the south).

Synonyms

(obsolete) German Ocean, German Sea

Translations

a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean between Britain, Scandinavia and Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and France

Afrikaans: Noordsee
Albanian: Deti i Veriut
Arabic: بَحَر اَلشَّمَال‎ m (baḥar aš-šamāl)
Armenian: Հյուսիսային ծով (Hyusisayin cov)
Azerbaijani: Şimal dənizi
Basque: Ipar itsasoa
Belarusian: Паўночнае мора n (Paŭnóčnaje móra)
Bengali: উত্তর সাগর (uttôr sagôr)
Breton: Mor an Hanternoz m
Bulgarian: Северно море n (Severno more)
Burmese: မြောက်ပင်လယ် (mraukpanglai)
Catalan: Mar del Nord m or f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 北海 (zh) (Běihǎi)
Czech: Severní moře (cs) n
Danish: Nordsøen (da) c, Vesterhavet (da) n
Dutch: Noordzee (nl) f
Esperanto: Norda Maro
Estonian: Põhjameri
Faroese: Norðsjógvurin m
Finnish: Pohjanmeri (fi)
French: mer du Nord (fr) f
Galician: Mar do Norte m
Georgian: ჩრდილოეთის ზღვა (črdiloetis zɣva)
German: Nordsee (de) f
Greek: Βόρεια Θάλασσα f (Vóreia Thálassa)
Hebrew: הים הצפוני‎ m (ha-yam ha-tsafóni)
Hindi: उत्तरी सागर (uttarī sāgar)
Hungarian: Északi-tenger (hu)
Icelandic: Norðursjór (is) m
Ido: Norda Maro (io)
Indonesian: Laut Utara
Irish: Muir Thuaidh f
Italian: mare del Nord m
Japanese: 北海 (ほっかい, Hokkai)
Kannada: ಉತ್ತರ ಸಮುದ್ರ (uttara samudra)
Kashubian: Nordowé Mòrzé
Kazakh: Солтүстік теңізі (Soltüstik teñizi)
Korean: 북해 (bukhae)
Latin: Mare Germanicum n
Latvian: Ziemeļjūra f
Lithuanian: Šiaurės jūra (lt) f
Low German:
German Low German: Noordsee (nds) f

Macedonian: Северно Море n (Severno More)
Malay: Laut Utara
Malayalam: വടക്കൻ കടൽ (vaṭakkan kaṭal)
Maltese: il-Baħar ta' Tramuntana m
Marathi: उत्तर समुद्र (uttar samudra)
Navajo: Náhookǫsjí Tónteel
Nepali: उत्तरी सागर (uttarī sāgara)
Norman: Mé du Nord f
North Frisian: Weestsiie
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Nordsjøen (no)
Nynorsk: Nordsjøen
Occitan: Mar del Nòrd f
Old English: Norþsǣ f
Persian: دریای شمال‎ (daryâ šomâl)
Polish: Morze Północne (pl) n
Portuguese: Mar do Norte m
Punjabi: ਉੱਤਰੀ ਸਮੁੰਦਰ (utarī samundar)
Romanian: Marea Nordului (ro) f
Russian: Се́верное мо́ре (ru) n (Sévernoje móre)
Scots: North Sea
Scottish Gaelic: Muir a Tuath f, Muir Lochlainn f, Cuan a Tuath
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Северно море n, Сјеверно море n
Roman: Severno more n, Sjeverno more (sh) n
Slovak: Severné more n
Slovene: Severno morje n
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: Pódpołnocne mórjo
Upper Sorbian: Sewjerne morjo
Spanish: Mar del Norte m
Swedish: Nordsjön (sv)
Tajik: Баҳри Шимолӣ (Bahri Šimolī)
Tamil: வடகடல் (vaṭakaṭal)
Thai: ทะเลเหนือ (tá-lee-nʉ̌ʉa)
Turkish: Kuzey Denizi (tr)
Turkmen: Demirgazyk deňzi
Ukrainian: Півні́чне мо́ре n (Pivníčne móre)
Urdu: بحیرہ شمال‎ (bahr-e-śamāl)
Uzbek: Shimoliy dengiz
Vietnamese: Bắc Hải (vi), Biển Bắc
Welsh: Môr y Gogledd m
West Frisian: Noardsee
Yiddish: צפֿון ים‎ m (tsfun ym)

Anagrams

horse ant

Scots

Proper noun

North Sea

The North Sea.