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Sauerland

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German

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Etymology

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First mentioned in 1266 as Suderlande; the -d- started to disappear around 1400. The first part is possibly a corruption of a Westphalian Low German word for southern: compare süder-, Süd, Old Saxon sûðar, all from sūth, from Proto-West Germanic *sunþr. This is more likely than the theory that it is directly from sauer (sour, in this sense "poor soil"). The second part is related to Land.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈzaʊ̯ɐlant/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ant

Proper noun

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das Sauerland n (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Sauerlandes or des Sauerlands)

  1. A hilly region of Westphalia, North Rhine-Westphalia
    Synonym: Süderland

Usage notes

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  • There are märkisches Sauerland and kurkölnisches Sauerland.

Derived terms

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See also

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Further reading

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  • Sauerland” in Duden online
  • Sauerland on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
  • Westfälisches Urkunden-Buch. Fortsetzung von Erhards Regesta historiae Westfaliae. Siebenter Band: Die Urkunden des kölnischen Westfalens vom J. 1200–1300, Münster, 1908, p. 563, Nr. 1243: from the year 1266, in Latin and containing the name Wesselo de Suderlande (dative/ablative)