Estland
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
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Dutch
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɛst.lɑnt/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Est‧land
Anagrams
Faroese
Declension
n8 -land | Singular |
Indefinite | |
Nominative | Estland |
Accusative | |
Dative | Estlandi |
Genitive | Estlands |
German
Alternative forms
- Eestland, Ehstland, Esthland (obsolete)
Etymology
Perhaps from Medieval Latin Aestland (attested in Adam of Bremen), from the name of the Aestii tribe (see Wikipedia). But see Eesti for other possibilities.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈeːstlant/, (also) /ˈɛstlant/
Audio (file)
Proper noun
Estland n (proper noun, genitive Estlands or (optionally with an article) Estland)
- Estonia (a country in Eastern Europe)
Descendants
- Russian: Эстляндия (Estljandija)
See also
- (countries of Europe) Staaten Europas; Albanien, Andorra, Belgien, Belarus, Bosnien und Herzegowina, Bulgarien, Deutschland, Dänemark, Estland, Finnland, Frankreich, Griechenland, Irland, Island, Italien, Jugoslawien, Kroatien, Lettland, Liechtenstein, Litauen, Luxemburg, Malta, Moldau, Monako/Monaco, Montenegro, Nordmazedonien, Norwegen, Niederlande, Österreich, Polen, Portugal, Rumänien, Rußland/Russland, San Marino, Schweden, Schweiz, Serbien, Slowakei, Slowenien, Spanien, Tschechei/Tschechien, Tschechoslowakei, Ukraine, Ungarn, Vereinigtes Königreich, Vatikanstadt, Weißrußland/Weißrussland, Zypern (Category: de:Countries in Europe)
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “Эстляндия”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Further reading
- “Estland” in Duden online
- “Estland” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Estland on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
Luxembourgish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈæstlant/, [ˈæzdlɑnt]
Norwegian Bokmål
Related terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
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Old English
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Etymology
Derived from the plural noun Ēste (“the Estonians”), from the name of the Aestii tribe (see Wikipedia). The first element could also be an unattested singular form *Ēst, from the same source. In any case, the second element is land.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈeːstˌlɑnd/
Declension
Descendants
- Middle English: Ēstland
Swedish
Derived terms
- estländare
- estländsk
- estländska
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