Oekraïne

See also: Oekraine

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch Oekraïne.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Oekraïne

1. Ukraine (a country in Eastern Europe, bordering on the north shore of the Black Sea; capital: Kijif)

Usage notes

Commonly used with the definite article, die.

Derived terms

• Oekraïens
• Oekraïner
• Oekraïnies

Dutch

Alternative forms

• Oekraïene (dated)
• Oekraine (dated)
• Ukraine (obsolete)
• Ukraïne (dated)

Etymology

Borrowing, probably from French. First attested as Ukraine in the 17th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌu.kraːˈi.nə/

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• Hyphenation: Oe‧kra‧ï‧ne

Proper noun

Oekraïne n or f (adjective Oekraïens, demonym Oekraïner m or Oekraïense f)

1. Ukraine (a country in Eastern Europe, bordering on the north shore of the Black Sea) [from 19th. c]
   • 1663 November 20, “Poolen, Pruyssen, &c.”, in Tydinge uyt verscheyde Quartieren, number 48, page 2:

     Den koningh van Polen, ſoo men vermoed, is den Nieper-ſtroom gepaſſeert, alwaer ſich met de Littauwſe Armee ſal conjungeren, en alſo een attentaet op de Stadt Kiow doen; veele zijn verwondert, dat ſich ſijne Majeſt. met een ſlechte en qualick gediſciplineerde Armee, ſoo diep inde Ukraine, en ſoo naer aen des vyants Landt waeght, door dien de Coſacken qualick te vertrouwen zijn.

     The king of Poland, as people suspect, has passed the course of the Dnieper, where he will join up with the Lithuanian army, and thus will make an attack on the city of Kyiv; many people are surprised that His Majesty ventures so far into the Ukraine with a bad and badly disciplined army, and so close to enemy territory, because the Cossacks cannot be trusted.

Usage notes

Previously commonly used with the article de, but this practice has been deprecated in official use.

Descendants

• Afrikaans: Oekraïne

West Frisian

Proper noun

Oekraïne

1. Ukraine (a country in Eastern Europe, bordering on the north shore of the Black Sea)

Usage notes

Sometimes used with the article de.