Norden

See also: norden and nörden

English

Etymology

A loanword from Scandinavian languages, referring to the Nordic countries or to northern Europe.

Proper noun

Norden

1. Various places, including:
   1. A hamlet in Dorset, England, formerly in Purbeck district (OS grid ref SY9483).
   2. A suburban village in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD8514).
   3. A village in Nevada County, California, United States.
   4. A township in Pennington County, Minnesota, United States.
   5. A town in Aurich district, Lower Saxony, Germany.
2. A surname.

Noun

Norden (plural Nordens)

1. Short for Norden bombsight.

Anagrams

• Donner, Rendon, donner, nonred

Danish

Etymology

From the noun norden (“north”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /noːˀrən/, [ˈnoˀɐn]

Proper noun

Norden n

1. the Nordic countries (the five states Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden and the two autonomous territories Faroe Islands and Åland Islands)

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɔrdən/, [ˈnɔʁ.dn̩], [ˈnɔɐ̯-], [ˈnɔː-], [-dən]

• Audio (Germany):

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• Audio (Austria):

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Noun

Norden m (strong, genitive Nordens, no plural)

1. north (direction)
2. north (region)

Declension

Declension of Norden [sg-only, masculine, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Norden
genitive	eines	des	Nordens
dative	einem	dem	Norden
accusative	einen	den	Norden

Coordinate terms

• (compass points)

Nordwesten	Norden	Nordosten
Westen		Osten
Südwesten	Süden	Südosten

• Himmelsrichtungen

Related terms

• Nordpol
• Nordhalbkugel
• Nordeuropa
• Nordamerika
• Norddeutschland
• Nordsee
• nördlich

Descendants

• → Kashubian: norda

Proper noun

Norden n (proper noun, genitive Nordens or (optionally with an article) Norden)

1. A town in Lower Saxony, Germany

   Meronyms: Bargebur, Leybuchtpolder, Neuwesteel, Norddeich, Ostermarsch, Süderneuland, Tidofeld, Westermarsch

Proper noun

Norden m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Nordens or (with an article) Norden, feminine genitive Norden, plural Nordens or Norden)

1. a surname

Further reading

• “Norden” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Norden” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Norden” in Duden online
• Norden on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From German Norden.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnorden/, [ˈnoʁ.dən]

Noun

Norden m (uncountable)

1. north

See also

• Osten
• Süden
• Westen

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Norden

1. Nordic countries (a group of countries in Northern Europe, consisting of Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Iceland along with their dependencies)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Norden

1. Nordic countries (a group of countries in Northern Europe, consisting of Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Iceland along with their dependencies)

Swedish

Proper noun

Norden n (genitive Nordens)

1. Nordic countries (a group of countries in Northern Europe, consisting of Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Iceland along with their dependencies (sometimes excluding Greenland))

See also

• Skandinavien (includes Denmark, Norway and Sweden)

References

• Norden in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Anagrams

• ronden