Sjiisklun

North Frisian

Alternative forms

• Tjiisklun (Föhr), Tjüschlönj (Mooring), Dütsklön (Sylt)

Etymology

Calque of German Deutschland. By surface analysis, sjiisk (“German”) +‎ lun (“land”).

Pronunciation

• (Föhr-Amrum) IPA^(key): [ˈʃiːskˌlʊn]

Proper noun

Sjiisklun n

1. (Amrum) Germany (a country in Central Europe, formed in 1949 as West Germany, with its provisional capital Bonn until 1990, when it incorporated East Germany)