kikkerland
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Compound of kikker (“frog”) + land (“country”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kikkerland n (plural kikkerlanden, diminutive kikkerlandje n)
- (humorous) a small, unimportant and rather wet country, virtually exclusively said of the Netherlands [from mid 19th c.]
- Ik had niet gedacht dat ze in ons kikkerlandje zo goede films konden maken.
- I didn’t think they could make such good films in this little country of ours.