sømil

Danish

Etymology

From sø (“sea, nautical”) +‎ mil (“Danish mile or league”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːl

Noun

sømil

1. nautical mile, now exactly 1852 m but (historical) previously about four times as much, 1/15 of an equatorial degree

Declension

Declension of sømil

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sømil	sømilen	sømil	sømilene
genitive	sømils	sømilens	sømils	sømilenes

Synonyms

• (1852 m): nautisk mil

Descendants

• Norwegian Bokmål: sjømil
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sjømil
• Swedish: sjömil