landschap

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch lantschap. Equivalent to land +‎ -schap.

Cognate with English landscape, Scots landskape, landskep, landskip (“landscape”), West Frisian lânskip (“landscape”), Low German landschop (“landscape, district”), German Landschaft (“landscape, countryside, scenery”), Swedish landskap (“landscape, scenery, province”), Icelandic landskapur (“countryside”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑnt.sxɑp/

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• Hyphenation: land‧schap

Noun

landschap n (plural landschappen, diminutive landschapje n)

1. landscape
2. (archaic, historical) region, territory
3. (historical, Indonesia) native political entity

Derived terms

• coulisselandschap
• cultuurlandschap
• landschapspijn
• maanlandschap

 

Descendants

• Afrikaans: landskap
• → Indonesian: lanskap (“landscape”)