Irland
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Riksvåpen, Republikken Irland
See also: Írland
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse Írland, from Írar m pl (“Irishmen”), see irer.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Irland
- Ireland (a country in Europe)
- Irland er en ø og et land i Vesteuropa.
- Ireland is an island and a country in Western Europe.
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German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɪrlant/, ,
- Note that, while Ire and irisch have a long vowel, Irland has a short one.
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Proper noun
Irland n (proper noun, genitive Irlands or (optionally with an article) Irland, plural (rare) Irlande)
- Ireland (an island and country in Western Europe)
- 1856, Albert Werfer, Leben ausgezeichneter Katholiken der drei letzten Jahrhunderte. Vierzehntes Bändchen: Leben und Wirken des Daniel O'Connell, page 56:
- Und diese drei feindlichen Lager sollten nun auf einmal in Eins verschmolzen, beide Irlande sollten mit sich und mit England zu Einem unzertrennlichen Ganzen verbunden werden.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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See also
- (countries of Europe) Staaten Europas; Albanien, Andorra, Armenien, Aserbaidschan, Belgien, Belarus, Bosnien und Herzegowina, Bulgarien, Deutschland, Dänemark, Estland, 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)
Middle English
Etymology
Old English Īr- + land or Middle Irish Éire + land. See Ireland.
Proper noun
Irland
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Proper noun
Irland
- Ireland (an island in Europe)
- Ireland (a country in Europe)
- Synonym: (full name) Republikken Irland
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Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Proper noun
Irland
- Ireland (an island in Europe)
- Ireland (a country in Europe)
- Synonym: (full name) Republikken Irland
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Old English
Etymology
Derived from Īras (“the Irish”) and land (“land, country”). The first element could also be an unattested singular form *Īr.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Īrland n
Declension
Declension of Irland (strong a-stem)
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Īrland | — |
| accusative | Īrland | — |
| genitive | Īrlandes | — |
| dative | Īrlande | — |
Synonyms
References
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “Īrland”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Swedish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Irland n (genitive Irlands)