udland

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”).

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

udland

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

• udlændig
• udlænding