österland
Appearance
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]öster (“east”) + land (“land”)
Proper noun
[edit]österland n (genitive österlands)
- (exoticizing) the East, the Orient
- Synonym: Orienten
- 2015 December 15, Lars Moberg, “Uzbekistan – landet vars regim kan ha beställt mordet”, in Sveriges Television[1], archived from the original on 2018-07-08:
- Viktig var handeln med Kina även i historisk tid med Samarkand som en station längs Sidenvägen, den handelsled som förband Europa med Österlandet.
- Trade with China was important even in historical times, with Samarkand as a station along the Silk Road, the trade route that connected Europe with the East.
- 2017 September 20, Mårten Mellberg, “Egypten i fokus på Östergötlands museum”, in Sveriges Radio[2], archived from the original on 2025-02-17:
- I utställningen "Österlandets skatter" visas föremål från Kina, Persien och Japan.
- In the exhibition "Treasures of the Orient" artefacts from China, Persia, and Japan are displayed.
Usage notes
[edit]Mostly used in the definite singular form.
Declension
[edit]nominative | genitive | ||
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singular | indefinite | österland | österlands |
definite | österlandet | österlandets | |
plural | indefinite | — | — |
definite | — | — |