No. 507 in Swedish
norr
"North."
In a sentence
Det finns många skogar norr om staden.
There are many forests north of the city.
Here, 'norr' indicates a direction relative to the city.
Vi reste norrut för att besöka fjällen.
We traveled north to visit the mountains.
In this context, 'norrut' combines 'norr' with a suffix to imply movement towards the north.
Björnen bygger sin lya på norrsidan av berget.
The bear builds its den on the north side of the mountain.
Here, 'norrsidan' uses 'norr' as a compound word to specify the location on the north side.
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