Nīderlande

See also: Nīderlandē

Latvian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Niederlande (the Netherlands) (note the vowel ī in the initial syllable, unlike the e found in English Netherlands and in Dutch Nederland).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Nīderlande f (5th declension)

  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)
    Nīderlandes karogsthe flag of the Netherlands
    Nīderlandes karalienethe queen of the Netherlands
    Nīderlande ir konstitucionālā monarhija ar parlamentuthe Netherlands is a constitutional monarchy with a parliament

Usage notes

The name of the Netherlands in Latvian is Nīderlande, but, as in many languages, the term Holande is very often used as the name of the whole country, even though it should in principle only apply to the region of the two provinces of North Holland and South Holland (in Latvian, Ziemeļholande and Dienvidholande).

Declension

Declension of Nīderlande (5th declension)
singular plural
nominative Nīderlande
genitive Nīderlandes
dative Nīderlandei
accusative Nīderlandi
instrumental Nīderlandi
locative Nīderlandē
vocative Nīderlande

Synonyms

See also