Neuter
Meaning

  1. (neuter, proper-noun) Germany (a country in Central Europe, formed in 1949 as West Germany, with its provisional capital Bonn until 1990, when it incorporated East Germany)
  2. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, neuter, proper-noun) ellipsis of a nation state, the legal person comprising the most part of territory with German dominating, or its territory
  3. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, neuter, proper-noun) ellipsis of a nation state, the legal person comprising the most part of territory with German dominating, or its territory
  4. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, neuter, proper-noun) ellipsis of a nation state, the legal person comprising the most part of territory with German dominating, or its territory

Frequency

B2
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

dütschland

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

dytschland

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

schwoobeland

Zürich

Zürich

dütschland

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
[ˈdɔʏ̯t͡ʃlant]
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German Diutschlant, compound word formed from phrasings like diutsch lant n, diutsche lant n, in diutscheme lande n, ze diutischeme lande n, (in) diutschiu lant n pl. The adjective deutsch is from Middle High German diutsc, diutisch, diutsch, tiutsch, tiusch, from Old High German diutisc (of the people). More at Dutchland.

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