Niederlande

German

Etymology

From nieder (low, nether) + Lande (lands), a plural of Land n: compare Lande n pl (lands, regions), Länder n pl (lands, countries), Länden f pl (ship landings).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈniːdɐˌlandə/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: Nie‧der‧lan‧de

Proper noun

die Niederlande pl (proper noun, plural only, usually definite)

  1. Netherlands (The main constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located primarily in Western Europe bordering Germany and Belgium)
  2. Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands (a country in Western Europe, consisting of four constituent countries: the Netherlands per se, Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten)
    Synonym: (somewhat informal) Holland
    • 1826, Joachim Heinrich Jäck, Reise durch England und die beiden Niederlande, page 268:
      [...] vorzüglich aus den beiden Niederlanden, Frankreich und Deutschland.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Derived terms

  • Mittelniederlande
  • Niederländer
  • niederländisch
  • niederlandisieren
  • Niederlandisierung
  • Niederlandist
  • Niederlandistik
  • niederlandistisch
  • Nordniederlande
  • Ostniederlande
  • Südniederlande
  • Westniederlande

See also

Further reading

  • Niederlande” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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