Swedish adverb · noun· top 5,000 most common
norr
north/nɔrː/
norr as an adverb
Meaning
north
In Swedish: i (riktning mot) norr
norr as a noun
Meaning
North
In Swedish: ett av de fyra väderstrecken; nord
Practise norr
1 / 1What does norr mean?
norr in a sentence
- norr om Stockholmnorth of Stockholm
- samerna bor längst i norrthe Lapps live right up in the North
Words built with norr
- norrsida the north side
Questions
What does norr mean in English?
norr means “north”.
Similar words
Origin
From nord (influenced by norra), from Old Norse norðr, from Proto-Germanic *nurþrą.
Nearby common words
norr is number 2,947 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
- 2,943kvitt get rid of, shake off, be rid of
- 2,944måltid a meal (occasion of eating (a more substantial amount of) food), a meal (the food eaten during a meal)
- 2,945dikt fabrication, poem
- 2,946frukt fruit
- 2,948krascha crash
- 2,949serie set, succession
- 2,950skicklig capable, clever
- 2,951blond fair-haired, blond
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