Süden
German, noun
Süden is spelled S-Ü-D-E-N (5 letters) and appears 37 times per million words in written German, the 2,246th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Süden is a German masculine noun meaning “south (direction)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its umlaut, Suden is a different word: “dative plural of Sud”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Himmelsrichtung, die zum Südpol weist; Haupthimmelsrichtung, die Norden gegenüber und zwischen Westen und…”.
What does Süden mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesouth (direction)
- 2
masculinesouth (region)
noun
- 1
dative plural of Sud
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Himmelsrichtung, die zum Südpol weist; Haupthimmelsrichtung, die Norden gegenüber und zwischen Westen und Osten liegt. Die Richtung verläuft rechtwinklig zum Äquator und parallel zu den Längenkreisen. 2. der südliche Teil eines bestimmten Gebietes
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Süden
- Südens genitive
- S abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Süden
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Süden in German?
Süden appears 37 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).