Norddeutschland

German

Etymology

From Nord +‎ Deutschland.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɔʁtdɔʏ̯tʃˌlant/

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Proper noun

Norddeutschland n (proper noun, strong, genitive Norddeutschlands)

1. northern Germany, specifically

   Coordinate term: Süddeutschland

   1. (chiefly historical, still sometimes used in Southern Germany) the territories of Germany within the former North German Confederation
   2. (broader contemporary definition) the northern third of Germany, roughly the areas where Low German has traditionally been spoken
   3. (narrower contemporary definition) the broadcasting area of the Norddeutscher Rundfunk, that is, the federal states of Lower Saxony, Bremen, Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein, and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

Declension

Declension of Norddeutschland [sg-only, neuter, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Norddeutschland
genitive	eines	des	Norddeutschlands
dative	einem	dem	Norddeutschland
accusative	ein	das	Norddeutschland

Further reading

• “Norddeutschland” in Duden online
• “Norddeutschland” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache