sydvest
Appearance
Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From syd + vest; headgear from Dutch zuidwester.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]sydvest c (singular definite sydvesten, plural indefinite sydveste or sydvester)
- (indeclinable) The southwest.
- (countable) cape ann, southwester, sou'wester (an oilskin cap whose brim is longer in back than in front, designed to repel wind and rain)
Inflection
[edit]Declension of sydvest
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | sydvest | sydvesten | sydveste sydvester |
sydvestene sydvesterne |
genitive | sydvests | sydvestens | sydvestes sydvesters |
sydvestenes sydvesternes |
Adverb
[edit]sydvest
- Toward the southwest, southwestern.
See also
[edit]- sydvest on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
- Sydvest (hovedbeklædning) on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
- “sydvest” in Den Danske Ordbog
- “sydvest,2” in Den Danske Ordbog
- “sydvest,3” in Den Danske Ordbog
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- sørvest (adverb and noun 1)
Etymology
[edit]From syd + vest; the hat possibly from Dutch zuidwester (as in Danish).
Adverb
[edit]sydvest
- south-west / southwest (for / of)
Noun
[edit]sydvest (indeclinable)
- southwest or south-west (point of the compass)
Noun
[edit]sydvest m (definite singular sydvesten, indefinite plural sydvester, definite plural sydvestene)
- a sou'wester (waterproof hat)
References
[edit]- “sydvest” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Possibly from Dutch zuidwester, as in Danish.
Noun
[edit]sydvest m (definite singular sydvesten, indefinite plural sydvestar, definite plural sydvestane)
- a sou'wester (waterproof hat)
Usage notes
[edit]The point of the compass is sørvest in Nynorsk.
References
[edit]- “sydvest” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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- Danish terms derived from Dutch
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- Danish lemmas
- Danish nouns
- Danish common-gender nouns
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- Danish adverbs
- da:Compass points
- da:Headwear
- Norwegian Bokmål compound terms
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål adverbs
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns
- nb:Compass points
- nb:Headwear
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns
- nn:Headwear