Madalmaad

Estonian

Etymology

From madal (“low”) +‎ maad (“countries, lands”).

Proper noun

Madalmaad pl

  1. the Low Countries, Benelux
  2. (uncommon) Netherlands (the main constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located primarily in Western Europe bordering Germany and Belgium)
  3. (uncommon) 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 Madalmaad (ÕS type 26i/idee, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative — Madalmaad
accusative nom.
gen. —
genitive Madalmaade
partitive — Madalmaid
Madalmaasid
illative — Madalmaadesse
Madalmaisse
inessive — Madalmaades
Madalmais
elative — Madalmaadest
Madalmaist
allative — Madalmaadele
Madalmaile
adessive — Madalmaadel
Madalmail
ablative — Madalmaadelt
Madalmailt
translative — Madalmaadeks
Madalmaiks
terminative — Madalmaadeni
essive — Madalmaadena
abessive — Madalmaadeta
comitative — Madalmaadega

Synonyms

See also

countries in Europe: Euroopa riigid (appendix)edit

References

  • Madalmaad in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
  • “Madalmaad”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
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