Estland
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Dutch
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɛst.lɑnt/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Est‧land
Anagrams
Faroese
Declension
| n8 -land | Singular |
| Indefinite | |
| Nominative | Estland |
| Accusative | |
| Dative | Estlandi |
| Genitive | Estlands |
German
Alternative forms
- Eestland, Ehstland, Esthland (obsolete)
Etymology
Perhaps from Medieval Latin Aestland (attested in Adam of Bremen), from the name of the Aestii tribe (see Wikipedia). But see Eesti for other possibilities.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈeːstlant/, (also) /ˈɛstlant/
Audio (file)
Proper noun
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- Estonia (a country in Eastern Europe)
Descendants
- Russian: Эстляндия (Estljandija)
See also
- (countries of Europe) Staaten Europas; Albanien, Andorra, Armenien, Aserbaidschan, Belgien, Belarus, Bosnien und Herzegowina, Bulgarien, Deutschland, Dänemark, Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), Finnland, Frankreich, Georgien, Griechenland, Irland, Island, Italien, Kasachstan, Kroatien, Lettland, Liechtenstein, Litauen, Luxemburg, Malta, Moldau, Monaco, Montenegro, Nordmazedonien, Norwegen, Niederlande, Österreich, Polen, Portugal, Rumänien, Russland, San Marino, Schweden, Schweiz, Serbien, Slowakei, Slowenien, Spanien, Tschechien, Türkei, Ukraine, Ungarn, Vereinigtes Königreich, Vatikanstadt, Zypern (Category: de:Countries in Europe)
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “Эстляндия”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. & suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
Further reading
- “Estland” in Duden online
- “Estland” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Estland on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
Luxembourgish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈæstlant/, [ˈæzdlɑnt]
Norwegian Bokmål
Related terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
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Old English
Etymology
Derived from the plural noun Ēste (“the Estonians”), from the name of the Aestii tribe (see Wikipedia). The first element could also be an unattested singular form *Ēst, from the same source. In any case, the second element is land.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈeːstˌlɑnd/
Declension
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Descendants
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Swedish
Derived terms
- estländare
- estländsk
- estländska
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