Indien

See also: indien and Indiɛn

Danish

Proper noun

Indien c

1. India (a country in South Asia)

Related terms

• inder c ("Indian")
• indisk (adjective) ("Indian")

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.djɛ̃/

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Noun

Indien m (plural Indiens, feminine Indienne)

1. Indian (resident or native of India)
2. Indian (indigenous person of the Americas)

Related terms

• Amérindien

Proper noun

l'Indien m

1. (astronomy) Indus (constellation)

German

Etymology

From Latin India, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδία (Indía), from Ἰνδός (Indós, “the Indus river”), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hiⁿdūš), from Proto-Iranian *hínduš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš (“river”), of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪndi̯ən/

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Proper noun

Indien n (proper noun, genitive Indiens or (optionally with an article) Indien, plural (referring to the East Indies and West Indies) Indien)

1. India (a country in South Asia)

Derived terms

• Ostindien
• Westindien

Related terms

• Inder
• Indianer
• indisch
• Indochina
• Indonesien

Further reading

• “Indien” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Indien” in Duden online

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From German Indien.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈindjen/, [ˈindjən], /ˈindien/

Proper noun

Indien n

1. India (a country in South Asia)

Middle English

Alternative forms

• Jndien, Indin

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman indien.

Adjective

Indien (plural and weak singular Indiens)

1. Indian (of, from or relating to India)

Noun

Indien (plural Indiens)

1. Indian (native or inhabitant of India)

Descendants

• English: Indian

Plautdietsch

Etymology

Borrowed from German Indien.

Noun

Indien f

1. India (a country in South Asia)

Related terms

• Indiauna

Swedish

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Indien n (genitive Indiens)

1. India (a country in South Asia)

Related terms

• indier
• indisk
• indiska

See also

countries in Asia: Asiens länder (appendix)edit

• Afghanistan
• Armenien
• Azerbajdzjan
• Bahrain
• Bangladesh
• Bhutan
• Brunei
• Burma
• Cypern
• Filippinerna
• Förenade arabemiraten
• Georgien
• Indien
• Indonesien
• Irak
• Iran
• Israel
• Japan
• Jemen
• Jordanien
• Kambodja
• Kazakstan
• Kina
• Kirgizistan
• Kuwait
• Laos
• Libanon
• Malaysia
• Maldiverna
• Mongoliet
• Nepal
• Nordkorea
• Oman
• Pakistan
• Qatar
• Ryssland
• Saudiarabien
• Singapore
• Sri Lanka
• Sydkorea
• Syrien
• Tadzjikistan
• Thailand
• Turkiet
• Turkmenistan
• Uzbekistan
• Vietnam
• Östtimor

References

• “Indien”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• Svensk MeSH