syden
Finnish
Noun
syden
- Genitive singular form of sysi.
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
- Syden (as a proper noun)
Etymology
From syd south (alternative form of sør), after German Süden.
Noun
syden (uncountable)
- (idiomatic, tourism) "The south"; used to denote 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.
References
- “syden” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- Syden (as a proper noun)
Etymology
From Norwegian Bokmål syd, after German Süden
Noun
syden (uncountable)
- (idiomatic, tourism) the south as a holiday destination, as above.
References
- “syden” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.