Nordrhein-Westfalen

German

Etymology

Nordrhein +‎ Westfalen

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌnɔʁtʁaɪ̯nvɛstˈfaːlən/, [ˌnɔʁtʁaɪ̯nvɛstʰˈfaːln̩]
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Proper noun

Nordrhein-Westfalen n (proper noun, genitive Nordrhein-Westfalens or (optionally with an article) Nordrhein-Westfalen)

North Rhine-Westphalia (a state in western Germany)

Synonyms

NRW (initialism)

Derived terms

See also

Divisions of the Federal Republic of Germany in German (layout · text)
Flächenländer: Baden-Württemberg · Bayern · Brandenburg · Hessen · Niedersachsen · Mecklenburg-Vorpommern · Nordrhein-Westfalen · Rheinland-Pfalz · Saarland · Sachsen · Sachsen-Anhalt · Schleswig-Holstein · Thüringen
Stadtstaaten: Berlin · Bremen · Hamburg

Further reading

“Nordrhein-Westfalen” in Duden online
“Nordrhein-Westfalen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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