utland

See also: útland

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From ut +‎ land.

Noun

utland n (definite singular utlandet, indefinite plural utland, definite plural utlanda or utlandene)

  1. a foreign country, foreign countries (collectively)
    i utlandet - abroad (in a foreign country)
    til utlandet - (go) abroad (to a foreign country)
    fra utlandet - from abroad
    i innland / inn- og utland - at home and abroad

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From ut +‎ land.

Noun

utland n (definite singular utlandet, indefinite plural utland, definite plural utlanda)

  1. a foreign country, foreign countries (collectively)
    i utlandet - abroad (in a foreign country)
    til utlandet - (go) abroad (to a foreign country)
    frå utlandet - from abroad
    frå inn- og utland - from home and abroad

References

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ūtlandą (outland), equivalent to ūt (out) +‎ land (land).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈuːtˌlɑnd/

Noun

ūtland n

  1. a foreign country

Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative ūtland ūtlandas
accusative ūtland ūtlandas
genitive ūtlandes ūtlanda
dative ūtlande ūtlandum

Descendants

  • English: outland

Swedish

Etymology

ut +‎ land

Noun

utland n

  1. a foreign country, foreign countries (collectively), abroad
    vi är beroende av utlandet
    we depend on foreign countries

Usage notes

  • almost entirely in definite form

Declension

Declension of utland
nominative genitive
singular indefinite utland utlands
definite utlandet utlandets
plural indefinite
definite

See also