udland

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse útland (“distant part of a country”), cf. also Norwegian Bokmål utland and Swedish utland.

The modern meaning, which is common to all the Scandinavian languages, is influenced by German Ausland (“foreign countries”), itself a back-formation from Ausländer (“foreigner”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈuðˌlanˀ]
• Rhymes: -and

Noun

udland n (singular definite udlandet, plural indefinite udlande)

1. (chiefly definite) abroad, foreign countries; everywhere that is not this country, taken as a whole

   et hus i udlandet

   a house abroad

   udlandsrejse

   trip in foreign countries

   drage ud i det store udland

   venture out into the great abroad

Declension

Declension of udland

neuter gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	udland	udlandet	udlande	udlandene
genitive	udlands	udlandets	udlandes	udlandenes

Derived terms

• udlændig
• udlænding

References

• “udland” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “udland” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog