Neufünfland
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German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Blend of fünf + neue Länder or similar, punning Neufundland (“Newfoundland”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Neufünfland n (proper noun, genitive Neufünflands or (optionally with an article) Neufünfland)
- (humorous, rare) the territories of the German states having acceded to the Federal Republic of Germany in the course of the dissolution of the German Democratic Republic.
Further reading
[edit]- “Neufünfland”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008–