Norddeutschland

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German

Etymology

From Nord +‎ Deutschland.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnɔʁtdɔʏ̯tʃˌlant/
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Proper noun

Norddeutschland n (proper noun, strong, genitive Norddeutschlands)

  1. northern Germany, specifically
    Coordinate term: Süddeutschland
    1. (chiefly historical, still sometimes used in Southern Germany) the territories of Germany within the former North German Confederation
    2. (broader contemporary definition) the northern third of Germany, roughly the areas where Low German has traditionally been spoken
    3. (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

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