Niemandsland

See also: niemandsland

German

Etymology

From niemand (“nobody”) +‎ -s- +‎ Land (“land”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

Niemandsland n (genitive Niemandslands or Niemandslandes, no plural)

1. no man's land
   • 1924, Kurt Tucholsky, Vor Verdun, in: Die Weltbühne, volume 20, no. 32, Verlag der Weltbühne, page 219:

     Hier war das Niemandsland: drüben auf der Höhe lagen die Deutschen, hüben die Franzosen – dies war unbesetzt.

     Here was the no man's land, over there on the height were the Germans, over here the French – this was unoccupied.

Further reading

• “Niemandsland” in Duden online