polder

See also: Polder and pólder

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch polder, from Middle Dutch polre, from Old Dutch polra, of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpəʊldə/, /ˈpɒldə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Hyphenation: pol‧der
• Rhymes: -əʊldə(ɹ)

Noun

polder (plural polders)

1. (geography) An area of ground reclaimed from a sea or lake by means of dikes. [from 17th c.]
   • 1999, Geert Mak, translated by Philipp Blom, Amsterdam: A Brief Life of the City, Vintage, published 2001, page 43:

     The patron saint of the Oude Kerk, Saint Nicolaas, the ‘water saint’, was also very popular, as he protected the sailors and those living on the polders from the dangers of the sea.

Translations

area of ground reclaimed from a sea or lake by means of dikes

• Czech: polder m
• Danish: kog c
• Dutch: polder (nl) m
• Finnish: polderi (fi)
• French: polder (fr) m
• German: Polder (de) m
• Indonesian: polder (id)
• Italian: polder (it) m
• Portuguese: pólder m (Portugal), pôlder m (Brazil)
• Russian: по́льдер (ru) m (pólʹder)
• Spanish: pólder m

See also

• dry lake
• floodplain

Verb

polder (third-person singular simple present polders, present participle poldering, simple past and past participle poldered)

1. To reclaim an area of ground from a sea or lake by means of dikes.

Related terms

• polder model

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch polder, from Middle Dutch polre, from Old Dutch polra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔl.dər/

Noun

polder (plural polders)

1. polder (land reclaimed from a body of water by means of dykes)

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch polre, from Old Dutch polra, perhaps from polla (“A low ground elevation”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔl.dər/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: pol‧der
• Rhymes: -ɔldər

Noun

polder m (plural polders, diminutive poldertje n)

1. (geography) polder (land reclaimed from a body of water by means of dykes)

Derived terms

- general:

• inpolderen
• kleipolder
• polderen
• poldergemaal
• poldermodel
• poldermolen
• rietpolder
• veenpolder
• zeepolder

- toponyms:

• Anna Jacobapolder
• Augustapolder
• Bergpolder
• Bospolder
• Driemanspolder
• Flevopolder
• Grauwe Polder
• Groetpolder
• Katspolder
• Kleinpolder
• Kogerpolder
• Krakeelpolder
• Noordoostpolder
• Poelpolder
• 's-Gravenpolder
• Serlippenspolder
• Spaanse Polder
• Vierpolders
• Vrouwenpolder
• Waarderpolder
• Westwouderpolder
• Wippolder

Descendants

• Afrikaans: polder
• → Caribbean Hindustani: podro
• → Caribbean Javanese: polder
• → English: polder
• → German: Polder
• → Papiamentu: polder

Further reading

• polder on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

French

Etymology

From Dutch polder.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔl.dɛʁ/

• Audio:

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Noun

polder m (plural polders)

1. (geography) polder

Further reading

• “polder”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch polder.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɔl.dər]
• Hyphenation: pol‧dêr

Noun

poldêr (plural polder-polder)

1. polder.

Further reading

• “polder” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch polder.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔl.dɛr/
• Rhymes: -ɔldɛr
• Syllabification: pol‧der

Noun

polder m inan

1. (geography) polder

Declension

Declension of polder

	singular	plural
nominative	polder	poldery
genitive	polderu	polderów
dative	polderowi	polderom
accusative	polder	poldery
instrumental	polderem	polderami
locative	polderze	polderach
vocative	polderze	poldery

Derived terms

adjective

• polderowy

Further reading

• polder in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• polder in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Polder.

Noun

polder n (plural poldere)

1. polder

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	polder	polderul		poldere	polderele
genitive-dative	polder	polderului		poldere	polderelor
vocative	polderule			polderelor