Herbehereak

Basque

Etymology

Calque of Dutch Nederland, containing the Basque morpheme behere (“low; below”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /herbeheɾeak/ [her.β̞e.he.ɾe.ak]
  • IPA(key): (Southern) /erbeɾeak/ [er.β̞e.ɾe.ak]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -eak, -ak
  • Hyphenation: Her‧be‧he‧re‧ak

Proper noun

Herbehereak inan

  1. Netherlands (the main constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located primarily in Western Europe bordering Germany and Belgium)
  2. 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)

Declension

Declension of Herbehereak (inanimate, plural only, ending in vowel)
indefinite plural
absolutive Herbehere Herbehereak
ergative — Herbehereek
dative — Herbehereei
genitive — Herbehereen
comitative — Herbehereekin
causative — Herbehereengatik
benefactive — Herbehereentzat
instrumental — Herbehereez
inessive — Herbehereetan
locative — Herbehereetako
allative — Herbehereetara
terminative — Herbehereetaraino
directive — Herbehereetarantz
destinative — Herbehereetarako
ablative — Herbehereetatik
partitive Herbehererik —
prolative Herbeheretzat —

Derived terms

  • herbeheretar (“Dutch”)

See also

countries in Europe: Europako herrialdeak (appendix)edit

Further reading

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