Neufünfland
German edit
Etymology edit
Blend of fünf + neue Länder or similar, punning Neufundland (“Newfoundland”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Neufünfland n (proper noun, genitive Neufünflands or (optionally with an article) Neufünfland)
- (humorous, rare) the territories of the German states having acceded to the Federal Republic of Germany in the course of the dissolution of the German Democratic Republic.
Further reading edit
- “Neufünfland”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008–