Niederlande

German

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Niederlande

Etymology

From nieder- (“low, nether”) +‎ Lande (“lands (in a certain region)”), a plural of Land n, contrast with the more common plural Länder (“countries, nations”).

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

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

Netherlands (the main constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located primarily in Western Europe bordering Germany and Belgium)
Netherlands (a country in Western Europe, consisting of four constituent countries: the Netherlands per se, Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten the Kingdom of the Netherlands)
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]

	plural
	def.	noun
nominative	die	Niederlande
genitive	der	Niederlande
dative	den	Niederlanden
accusative	die	Niederlande

Derived terms

Anagrams

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