Holländer

See also: Hollander and hollænder

German[edit]

Holländer m (strong, genitive Holländers, plural Holländer, feminine Holländerin)

person from Holland (a region in the Netherlands)
(somewhat informal) a Dutch person (from any region)
Synonym: Niederländer
(Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (obsolete) a practice where animals are leased (usually cows), and the lessee accepts payment for the lease by receiving a portion of the milk produced (usually 50%) by the animal. This practice began in Holland, but it was also utilized by people outside of that country that were not from Holland.
(obsolete) the name, title or occupation of the person who practices this specific leasing of animals. For example: "Holländer Beckmann of Demzin" referred to Levin Beckmann of Demzin around 1810, and upon his death in 1813 to his son Joachim Beckmann of Demzin who took over the business of doing such leasing.

See Holland for notes on usage in formal and common language.

Declension of Holländer [masculine, strong]

Holländer m (strong, genitive Holländers, plural Holländer)

Clipping of Papierholländer; Hollander beater
- 1918, Heinrich Mann, Der Untertan‎^[1], Leipzig: Kurt Wolff Verlag, page 6:
  Er war Büttenschöpfer gewesen in den alten Mühlen, wo jeder Bogen mit der Hand geformt ward; hatte dazwischen alle Kriege mitgemacht und nach dem letzten, als jeder Geld fand, eine Papiermaschine kaufen können. Ein Holländer und eine Schneidemaschine vervollständigten die Einrichtung.
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Declension of Holländer [masculine, strong]