nordlige

Nordlige is an adjective in several Nordic languages, most often Danish and Norwegian, meaning northern or northerly. It is used to describe geographical direction, location, or climate and may modify nouns or appear predicatively. The form nordlige is derived from nord, meaning north, together with the adjective suffix -lige, which forms adjectives indicating a characteristic.

In practice, nordlige appears in phrases such as nordlige lande (northern countries), nordlige breddegrader (northern latitudes), and nordlige klima (northern climate). It is typically written in lowercase unless part of a proper noun or title. The word is commonly paired with other directional adjectives such as sydlige (southern), østlige (eastern), and vestlige (western) when comparing regions.

Nordlige is mainly a descriptive term rather than a standalone name. While some Nordic places or organizations may incorporate nordlige as part of a longer name, it is not widely used as an independent toponym in standard references. The term has cognates in related languages, such as nordlig in Swedish and nordlig/nordliga forms in Norwegian, which share the same root meaning.

See also: nord, nordlig, nordlys.