OriginFrom syd south (alternative form of sør), after German Süden.
- idiomatic, uncountable"The south"; used to denote the Iberian and eastern European sides of 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.
“Skal du til syden i ferien?” — Are you going to the south for the holidays?
FormsSyden(alternative)
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