sømil
Danish
Etymology
From sø (“sea, nautical”) + mil (“Danish mile or league”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -iːl
Noun
sømil
- nautical mile, now exactly 1852 m but (historical) previously about four times as much, 1/15 of an equatorial degree
Declension
Declension of sømil
| common gender | Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | sømil | sømilen | sømil | sømilene |
| genitive | sømils | sømilens | sømils | sømilenes |
Synonyms
- (1852 m): nautisk mil
Descendants
- Norwegian Bokmål: sjømil
- Norwegian Nynorsk: sjømil
- Swedish: sjömil