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Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From ut + land.
Noun
utland n (definite singular utlandet, indefinite plural utland, definite plural utlanda or utlandene)
- 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)
- 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
Noun
ūtland n
- a foreign country
Declension
Strong a-stem:
Descendants
Swedish
Etymology
ut + land
Noun
utland n
- 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
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