utlending

Norwegian

Etymology

From Norwegian utland (“outland, foreign land”) and -ing (“(person) from, belonging to”). Cf. Norwegian land + -ing > -lending and also English -ing, Old English -ing.

Noun

utlending

1. a foreigner

   (Bokmål) Utlendinger kommer fra utlandet.

   (Nynorsk) Utlendingar kjem frå utlandet.

   Foreigners come from abroad.

Inflection

    Inflection of utlending

	indefinite singular	definite singular	indefinite plural	definite plural
Bokmål m	utlending	utlendingen	utlendinger	utlendingene
Nynorsk m	utlending	utlendingen	utlendingar	utlendingane

Related terms

• austlending (< Austland + -ing) (Nynorsk)
• innlending (< innland + -ing)
• islending (< Island + -ing)
• nordlending (< norland, Norland + -ing)
• sørlending (< Sørland + -ing)
• vestlending (< Vestland, Norland + -ing)
• østlending (< Østland + -ing) (Bokmål)

References

• “utlending” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary – Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.