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

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What does norr mean?

norr in a sentence

  • norr om Stockholm
    north of Stockholm
  • samerna bor längst i norr
    the 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

nord

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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