sydvest

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Danish

Etymology

From syd +‎ vest; headgear from Dutch zuidwester.

Pronunciation

Noun

sydvest c (singular definite sydvesten, plural indefinite sydveste or sydvester)

  1. (indeclinable) The southwest.
  2. (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

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

sydvest

  1. Toward the southwest, southwestern.

See also

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Alternative forms

Etymology

From syd +‎ vest; the hat possibly from Dutch zuidwester (as in Danish).

Adverb

sydvest

  1. south-west / southwest (for / of)

Noun

sydvest (indeclinable)

  1. southwest or south-west (point of the compass)

Noun

sydvest m (definite singular sydvesten, indefinite plural sydvester, definite plural sydvestene)

  1. a sou'wester (waterproof hat)

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Etymology

Possibly from Dutch zuidwester, as in Danish.

Noun

sydvest m (definite singular sydvesten, indefinite plural sydvestar, definite plural sydvestane)

  1. a sou'wester (waterproof hat)

Usage notes

The point of the compass is sørvest in Nynorsk.

References

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