Niederlande

From nieder (“low, nether”) +‎ Lande (“lands”), a plural of Land n: compare Lande n pl (“lands, regions”), Länder n pl (“lands, countries”), Länden f pl (“ship landings”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈniːdɐˌlandə/

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• Hyphenation: Nie‧der‧lan‧de

die Niederlande pl (proper noun, plural only, usually definite)

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)

   Synonym: (somewhat informal) Holland

   • 1826, Joachim Heinrich Jäck, Reise durch England und die beiden Niederlande, page 268:

     [...] vorzüglich aus den beiden Niederlanden, Frankreich und Deutschland.

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• “Niederlande” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache