Wendland
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English
Etymology
From the German surname, from a region of northern Germany inhabited by Wends (Slavs). See Wendt, Windland. Compare Old English Wineda land (“Slavia”).
Proper noun
Wendland (plural Wendlands)
- A surname.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Wendland is the 11529th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2728 individuals. Wendland is most common among White (95.12%) individuals.
German
Etymology
Equivalent to Wende (“Slav”) + Land (“land”). Originally located in the very west of the Slavic area, the region preserved its Polabian dialect even when large territories to its east had long been Germanised under the eastern colonisation. The name Wendland goes back to this period as a language island. The dialect finally died out in the mid-18th century, however, having been supplanted by Low German.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
das Wendland n (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Wendlands or des Wendlandes)
- A region in northeastern Lower Saxony, Germany
