Norddeutschland
German
editEtymology
editFrom Nord + Deutschland.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editNorddeutschland n (proper noun, strong, genitive Norddeutschlands)
- northern Germany, specifically
- Coordinate term: Süddeutschland
- (chiefly historical, still sometimes used in Southern Germany) the territories of Germany within the former North German Confederation
- (broader contemporary definition) the northern third of Germany, roughly the areas where Low German has traditionally been spoken
- (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
editDeclension of Norddeutschland [sg-only, neuter, strong]
Further reading
edit- “Norddeutschland” in Duden online
- “Norddeutschland” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache