norr

This is the 507th most frequent Swedish word.


norr

"North."


Here, 'norr' indicates a direction relative to the city.

Det finns många skogar norr om staden.

There are many forests north of the city.


In this context, 'norrut' combines 'norr' with a suffix to imply movement towards the north.

Vi reste norrut för att besöka fjällen.

We traveled north to visit the mountains.


Here, 'norrsidan' uses 'norr' as a compound word to specify the location on the north side.

Björnen bygger sin lya på norrsidan av berget.

The bear builds its den on the north side of the mountain.