Polen

See also: polen, pólen, and pölen

Danish

Etymology

From German Polen.

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)

Proper noun

Polen

  1. Poland (a country in Central Europe)
  • polak c (“Pole”)
  • polsk (“Polish”, adjective)

See also

countries in Europe: Europas lande (appendix)edit

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpoːlə(n)/
  • (Belgium) IPA(key): [ˈpoːlə(n)]
  • (Netherlands) IPA(key): [ˈpoʊ̯lə(n)]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Po‧len
  • Rhymes: -oːlən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch Polen, related to older Polanen.

The hamlet is first attested as Polen in 1899. It is named after the country.

Proper noun

Polen n (adjective Pools, demonym Pool m or Poolse f)

  1. Poland (a country in Central Europe)
  2. a hamlet in Eemsdelta, Groningen, Netherlands
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: Pole

See also

countries in Europe: landen van Europa (appendix)edit

References

  • van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Polen

  1. plural of Pool

Anagrams

German

Alternative forms

  • Pohlen

Etymology

Middle High German Polen, Polēnen, cp. Polen m pl (“Poles”). See Pole.

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)
  • Audio:(file)
  • Audio (Austria):(file)

Proper noun

Polen n (proper noun, genitive Polens or (optionally with an article) Polen)

  1. Poland (a country in Central Europe)

Synonyms

  • Polackenland (rare, possibly offensive)
  • dann ist Polen offen
  • heute gestohlen, morgen in Polen
  • Pole
  • polnisch

See also

countries in Europe: Staaten Europas (appendix)edit

Noun

Polen

  1. inflection of Pole:
    1. genitive/dative/accusative singular
    2. nominative/genitive/dative/accusative plural

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From German Polen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpoːlən/

Proper noun

Polen n

  1. Poland (a country in Central Europe)

Northern Sami

Etymology

From German Polen.

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈpʰolen/

Proper noun

Polen

  1. Poland (a country in Central Europe)

Further reading

  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From German Polen.

Proper noun

Polen

  1. Poland (a country in Central Europe)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From German Polen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpuːln̩/

Proper noun

Polen

  1. Poland (a country in Central Europe)

Swedish

Etymology

From German Polen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpoːlɛn/
  • Audio:(file)

Proper noun

Polen n (genitive Polens)

  1. Poland (a country in Central Europe)

See also

countries in Europe: Europas länder (appendix)edit

References

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