öster

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See also: oster, Oster, and oester

Swedish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Swedish ø̄ster, from Old Norse austr, from Proto-Germanic *austrą.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /œsːtər/
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Noun

öster c (uncountable)

  1. east; one of the four major compass points

Derived terms

Adverb

öster (not comparable)

  1. east; eastward

See also

  • (compass points) vädersträck;
nordväst norr
nord
nordost
nordöst
väster
väst
öster
öst
ost
sydväst söder
syd
sydost
sydöst


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