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Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse útland (“distant part of a country”), cf. also Norwegian Bokmål utland and Swedish utland.
The modern meaning, which is common to all the Scandinavian languages, is influenced by German Ausland (“foreign countries”), itself a back-formation from Ausländer (“foreigner”).
Pronunciation
Noun
udland
- (chiefly definite) abroad, foreign countries; everywhere that is not this country, taken as a whole
- et hus i udlandet
- a house abroad
- udlandsrejse
- trip in foreign countries
- drage ud i det store udland
- venture out into the great abroad
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