Niemandsland
See also: niemandsland
German
Etymology
From niemand (“nobody”) + -s- + Land (“land”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
Niemandsland n (strong, genitive Niemandslandes or Niemandslands, no plural)
- no man's land
- 1924, Kurt Tucholsky, Vor Verdun, in: Die Weltbühne, volume 20, no. 32, Verlag der Weltbühne, page 219:
- Hier war das Niemandsland: drüben auf der Höhe lagen die Deutschen, hüben die Franzosen – dies war unbesetzt.
- Here was the no man's land, over there on the height were the Germans, over here the French – this was unoccupied.
- 1924, Kurt Tucholsky, Vor Verdun, in: Die Weltbühne, volume 20, no. 32, Verlag der Weltbühne, page 219:
Declension
Declension of Niemandsland [sg-only, neuter, strong]
Further reading
- “Niemandsland” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Niemandsland” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Niemandsland” in Duden online
- “Niemandsland” in OpenThesaurus.de
- Niemandsland on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de