Süden

See also: suden

German

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Low German and (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Dutch sūden. The form is already attested in Middle High German sūden, which replaces native Middle High German sunden from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old High German sundan. However, the modern form with a preserved monophthong must be directly from Middle Low German or Middle Dutch. The latter's influence is seen in the umlaut (compare the Middle Dutch pronunciation of -ū- [yː]). All these forms are from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *sunþanē, an adverb meaning “from the south”. The original Proto-Germanic noun *sunþrą, whence English south and German Süd, has always been restricted chiefly to compounds in continental West Germanic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzyːdən/

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Noun

Süden m (genitive Südens, no plural)

1. south (direction)
2. south (region)

Antonyms

• Norden

Related terms

• Südpol
• Südhalbkugel
• Südeuropa
• Südamerika
• Süddeutschland
• südlich
• Südwind
• Osten
• Westen

See also

Nordwest	Nord	Nordost
West		Ost
Südwest	Süd	Südost

Further reading

• “Süden” in Duden online

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Luxembourgish

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] German Süden, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Dutch suden.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzyːdən/

Noun

Süden m (uncountable)

1. south

See also

• Norden
• Osten
• Westen