utkant

Swedish

Etymology

Compound of ut (“out”) +‎ kant (“edge”)

Noun

utkant c

  1. outskirts, fringe
    Hon bor i utkanten av Göteborg.
    She lives on the outskirts of Gothenburg.
    Han har levt hela sitt liv i lagens utkanter.
    He has lived his whole life on the fringes of the law.
    • 1907, Selma Lagerlöf, Nils Holgerssons underbara resa genom Sverige II [Nils Holgersson's Wonderful Journey Across Sweden II]‎[1], Albert Bonniers förlag, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, archived from the original on 8 September 2025:
      Han förde nu älgen till skogens utkanter, där det växte ståtliga lövträd: ek och asp och lind.
      He now led the moose to the fringes of the forest, where tall deciduous trees grew: oak, and aspen, and linden.
    • 1941, Karin Boye, “Ovänner med Orvarssons [Enemies with the Orvarssons]”, in Bebådelse [Annunciation]‎[2], Albert Bonniers förlag, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, courtesy of Göteborgs universitetsbibliotek, archived from the original on 8 September 2025:
      [Han satt] i sin välstädade ungkarlslya i utkanten av staden.
      He sat in his tidy bachelor pad on the outskirts of the city.

Declension

Declension of utkant
nominative genitive
singular indefinite utkant utkants
definite utkanten utkantens
plural indefinite utkanter utkanters
definite utkanterna utkanternas

References

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