syd

See also: Syd, SYD, and Syd.

Translingual

Symbol

syd

1. (international standards) ISO 639-5 language code for Samoyedic languages.

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Danish suth, from Old Norse suðr, from Proto-Germanic *sunþrą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /syd/, [syð]

Noun

syd c (singular definite syden, not used in plural form)

1. The south.

Inflection

Declension of syd

common gender	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	syd	syden
genitive	syds	sydens

Derived terms

• sydøst
• sydvest

Etymology 2

From either Middle Low German sut or Dutch zuid.

Adverb

syd

1. south, southwards, (south from one's immediate position)

   Synonym: (archaic) sønden

   Antonym: nord

Derived terms

• sydvest
• sydøst

See also

• øst
• vest

Etymology 3

See syde.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /syːd/, [syðˀ]

Verb

syd

1. imperative of syde

References

• “syd” in Den Danske Ordbog

See also

compass points:  ^[edit]

nordvest	nord	nordøst
vest		øst
sydvest	syd	sydøst

Middle English

Noun

syd

1. Alternative form of seed (“seed”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• sør

Etymology 1

From Danish syd, from Old Norse syðri.

Adverb

syd

1. south (for / of)

See also

• sødre
• sør om
• sunnantil (Nynorsk)

Etymology 2

From Danish syd, from Old Norse suðr.

Noun

syd (indeclinable) (uncountable)

1. south (point of the compass)
2. a land area in the south

Derived terms

• sydlig
• sydover
• sydside
• sydøst

References

• “syd” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

Loaned from Low German, German, or Dutch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /syːd/

• Audio:

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Adverb

syd

1. towards south, southward

Noun

syd c

1. south; one of the four major compass points

Synonyms

• söder

Related terms

• syd-
• sydlig
• söderut
• södra

See also

compass points: kompasspunkter:  ^[edit]

nordväst	norr nord	nordost nordöst
väster väst		öster öst ost
sydväst	söder syd	sydost sydöst

Further reading

• syd in Svensk ordbok.

Anagrams

• dys