Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

north sea

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.88 in modern English

Syllables: north sea
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean between Britain (in the west), Scandinavia (in the east) and Germany, Netherlands, Belgium and France (in the south).

Example Sentences

"Ypres was not the actual start of the front; that distinction belongs to Nieuport, a city on the North Sea twentyodd miles down the river Yser from Ypres."

Etymology

From Middle English North-see, from Old English norþsǣ (“northern sea, Bristol Channel, Baltic, North Sea”), equivalent to north + sea. Cognate with West Frisian Noardsee (“North Sea”), Dutch Noordzee, German Nordsee, Danish Nordsøen, Swedish Nordsjön, Icelandic Norðursjór.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: North-see, norþsǣ

Inflected Forms

the North Sea (canonical)

Phrases

North Sea Germanic North Sea oil

Synonyms

German Ocean German Sea

Questions

What does north sea mean?: A marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean between Britain (in the west), Scandinavia (in the east) and Germany, Netherlands, Belgium and France (in the south).
Where does north sea come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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