Drenthe

English

location of Drenthe in the Netherlands

Etymology

From Dutch Drenthe, see below.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɹɛntə/
• Rhymes: -ɛntə

Proper noun

Drenthe

1. A province in the northeastern Netherlands with Assen as capital and Emmen as largest city.

Translations

province of the Netherlands

• Bulgarian: Дренте n (Drente)
• Catalan: Drenthe
• Dutch: Drenthe (nl)
• Farefare: Dɛrɛnta
• French: Drenthe (fr)
• Georgian: დრენთე (drente)
• German: Drenthe (de) n
• Latvian: Drente f
• Macedonian: Дренте n (Drente)
• Polish: Drenthe n
• Portuguese: Drenthe f, Drente f
• Russian: Дре́нте n (Drénte)
• Ukrainian: Дре́нте n (Drénte)

See also

• (Provinces of the Netherlands) provinces of the Netherlands; Drenthe, Flevoland, Friesland, Gelderland, Groningen, Limburg, North Brabant, North Holland, Overijssel, South Holland, Utrecht, Zeeland ^{(Category: en:Provinces of the Netherlands)}

Anagrams

• Dehnert, rendeth

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch [Term?], from late Old Dutch Drente, from earlier Old Dutch Thrente, from Old Dutch Thriente, from Old Dutch Thrianta (also Old Dutch Threant), from *thrie (“three”) +‎ *hant-. Beware that these attestations come to us via copies of Latin texts, and may therefore be affected by transcription errors and phonological adaptation. De Vries thought *hant- means community or part of the area where a people live; if so that would mean that Drenthe originally consisted of just three dingspelen (“judicial areas”) rather than the six it has had since our earliest records. Compare Twente. Attested both with and without h from early Modern Dutch; the form with h is now standard, although this doesn't affect the pronunciation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdrɛn.tə/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Dren‧the
• Rhymes: -ɛntə

Proper noun

Drenthe n

1. Drenthe, a province of the Netherlands

   Meronyms: Aa en Hunze, Assen, Borger-Odoorn, Coevorden, De Wolden, Emmen, Hoogeveen, Meppel, Midden-Drenthe, Noordenveld, Tynaarlo, Westerveld

Derived terms

• Drentenaar, Drent
• Drents
• Midden-Drenthe

See also

• (Provinces of the Netherlands) Provincies van Nederland; Drenthe, Flevoland, Friesland, Gelderland, Groningen, Limburg, Noord-Brabant, Noord-Holland, Overijssel, Zuid-Holland, Utrecht, Zeeland ^{(Category: nl:Provinces of the Netherlands)}

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʁɑ̃t/

Proper noun

Drenthe f

1. Drenthe (a province of the Netherlands)

Derived terms

• Drenthois
• drenthois

See also

• (Provinces of the Netherlands) Provinces des Pays-Bas; Brabant-Septentrional, Drenthe, Flevoland, Frise, Gueldre, Groningue, Hollande-Septentrionale, Hollande-Méridionale, Limbourg, Overijssel, Utrecht, Zélande ^{(Category: fr:Provinces of the Netherlands)}

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʁˈɛntə/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Drenthe n (proper noun, genitive Drenthes or (optionally with an article) Drenthe)

1. Drenthe (a province of the Netherlands)

Declension

Declension of Drenthe [sg-only, neuter, toponym]

	singular
	def.	noun
nominative	das	Drenthe
genitive	des	Drenthes, Drenthe1
dative	dem	Drenthe
accusative	das	Drenthe

¹Optionally with an article.

See also

• (Provinces of the Netherlands) Provinzen der Niederlande; Drenthe, Flevoland, Friesland, Gelderland, Groningen, Limburg, Nordbrabant, Nordholland, Overijssel, Seeland, Südholland, Utrecht ^{(Category: de:Provinces of the Netherlands)}

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdrɛn.tɛ/
• Rhymes: -ɛntɛ
• Syllabification: Dren‧the

Proper noun

Drenthe n (indeclinable)

1. Drenthe (a province of the Netherlands)

See also

• (Provinces of the Netherlands) Prowincje Niderlandów; Brabancja Północna, Drenthe, Flevoland, Fryzja, Geldria, Groningen, Holandia Południowa, Holandia Północna, Limburgia, Overijssel, Utrecht, Zelandia ^{(Category: pl:Provinces of the Netherlands)}

Further reading

• Drenthe in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Drente

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Drenthe.

Proper noun

Drenthe f

1. Drenthe (a province of the Netherlands)