Weißrussland
Appearance
See also: Weißrußland and Weissrussland
German
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- Weissrussland (Switzerland, Liechtenstein, often also Luxembourg, South Tyrol)
- Weißrußland (elsewhere until 1996)
Etymology
[edit]From weiß (“white”) + Russland (“Russia”), a calque of Russian Белору́ссия (Belorússija). Cognate with Dutch Wit-Rusland, Afrikaans Wit-Rusland, German Low German Wittrussland, Alemannic German Wiissrussland, English White Russia, Danish Hviderusland, Faroese Hvítarussland, Swedish Vitryssland, Norwegian Bokmål Hviterussland, Norwegian Nynorsk Kviterussland, Icelandic Hvíta-Rússland, Limburgish Wit-Rusland, among others.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈvaɪ̯sˌʁʊslant/
Audio: (file)
- IPA(key): /ˌvaɪ̯sˈʁʊslant/ (less common)
- Hyphenation: Weiß‧russ‧land
Proper noun
[edit]Weißrussland n (proper noun, genitive Weißrusslands or (optionally with an article) Weißrussland)
- Belarus (a country in Eastern Europe)
- Synonym: (obsolete) Weißruthenien
Declension
[edit]Declension of Weißrussland [sg-only, neuter, strong]
Synonyms
[edit]- Belarus (diplomatic, officialese)
- Belarussland (uncommon)
- Belorußland, Belorussland (obsolete, former GDR)
Related terms
[edit]See also
[edit]- (countries of Europe) Staaten Europas; Albanien, Andorra, Belgien, Belarus, Bosnien und Herzegowina, Bulgarien, Deutschland, Dänemark, Estland, Finnland, Frankreich, Griechenland, Irland, Island, Italien, Kroatien, Lettland, Liechtenstein, Litauen, Luxemburg, Malta, Moldau, Monaco, Montenegro, Nordmazedonien, Norwegen, Niederlande, Österreich, Polen, Portugal, Rumänien, Russland, San Marino, Schweden, Schweiz, Serbien, Slowakei, Slowenien, Spanien, Tschechien, Ukraine, Ungarn, Vereinigtes Königreich, Vatikanstadt, Weißrußland/Weißrussland, Zypern (Category: de:Countries in Europe)
References
[edit]- “Weißrussland” in Duden online
- “Weißrussland” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- Weißrussland on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
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