Tjiisklun

North Frisian

Alternative forms

• Sjiisklun (Amrum), Tjüschlönj (Mooring), Dütsklön (Sylt)

Etymology

Calque of German Deutschland. By surface analysis, tjiisk (“German”) +‎ lun (“land”).

Pronunciation

• (Föhr-Amrum) IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃiːskˌlʊn]

Proper noun

Tjiisklun n

1. (Föhr) Germany (a country in Central Europe, formed in 1949 as West Germany, with its provisional capital Bonn until 1990, when it incorporated East Germany)