Weißrussland

See also: Weißrußland and Weissrussland

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From weiß (“white”) +‎ Russland (“Russia”), a calque of Russian Белору́ссия (Belorússija). Cognate with Dutch Wit-Rusland, Afrikaans Wit-Rusland, German Low German Wittrussland, Alemannic German Wiissrussland, English White Russia, Danish Hviderusland, Faroese Hvítarussland, Swedish Vitryssland, Norwegian Bokmål Hviterussland, Norwegian Nynorsk Kviterussland, Icelandic Hvíta-Rússland, Limburgish Wit-Rusland, among others.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvaɪ̯sˌʁʊslant/
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  • IPA(key): /ˌvaɪ̯sˈʁʊslant/ (less common)
  • Hyphenation: Weiß‧russ‧land

Proper noun

Weißrussland n (proper noun, genitive Weißrusslands or (optionally with an article) Weißrussland)

  1. Belarus (a country in Eastern Europe)
    Synonym: (obsolete) Weißruthenien

Declension

Declension of Weißrussland [sg-only, neuter, strong]
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative ein das Weißrussland
genitive eines des Weißrusslands
dative einem dem Weißrussland
accusative ein das Weißrussland

Synonyms

See also

countries in Europe: Staaten Europas (appendix)edit

References

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