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
Proper noun
die Niederlande pl (proper noun, plural only, usually definite)
- the Netherlands (a country in Western Europe)
- 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
Declension of Niederlande [pl-only]
Derived terms
Further reading
- “Niederlande” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache