til søs

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish til syøs, i.e. the preposition til (“to”) (originally taking the genitive case) + the noun sø (“sea”). Compare Norwegian Bokmål til sjøs and Swedish till sjöss.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [tˢe(l)ˈsøs]

Adjective

til søs

  1. at sea
    Vi var til søs i tre måneder.
    We were at sea for three months.

Adverb

til søs

  1. at sea
    • 2016, Palle Lauring, Danmarks konger, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:
      Kampene stod til søs, de stod i Skånelandene, de stod i Nordtyskland.
      The battles took place at sea, they took place in the Scanian area, they took place in Northern Germany.
    • 2010, Peter Høeg, Frøken Smillas fornemmelse for sne, pocket, Rosinante&Co., →ISBN, page 294:
      Så løb de alle sammen af sted til deres hytter, og kom igen med rifler, og stod til søs i deres joller ...
      Then they all ran off to their huts, and came back with rifles, and took off to sea in their [kind of boat]s ...

Derived terms
  • stå til søs
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