Niederösterreich

German

Etymology

From nieder- (“lower”) +‎ Österreich (“Austria”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈniːdɐˌʔøːstəʁaɪ̯ç] (Northern Standard German)
IPA^(key): [ˈniːdɐˌʔøːstɐʁaɪ̯ç] (Austrian German and some German German)
Audio (Austria): (file)
Hyphenation: Nie‧der‧ös‧ter‧reich; pre-1996: Nie‧der‧öster‧reich

Proper noun

Niederösterreich n (proper noun, genitive Niederösterreichs or (optionally with an article) Niederösterreich)

Lower Austria (a state of Austria)

Declension

Declension of Niederösterreich [sg-only, neuter, toponym]

	singular
	def.	noun
nominative	das	Niederösterreich
genitive	des	Niederösterreichs, Niederösterreich¹
dative	dem	Niederösterreich
accusative	das	Niederösterreich

¹Optionally with an article.

Hypernyms

Ostösterreich; Österreich

Hyponyms

Sankt Pölten
Waldviertel, Weinviertel, Mostviertel, Industrieviertel; NÖ-Mitte

Derived terms

Notes

The word is pronounced as if spelled Niederöstereich, with a mid schwa /ə/ after /t/, rather than the open schwa /ɐ/, which is what the spelling suggests. Regionally however (including in Austria), any /ə/ can be lowered to [ɐ] when followed by /r/.