Schelde

The river Scheldt (a river in France, Belgium and the Netherlands)


Schelde

de-proper noun

die Schelde f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Schelde)

die Schelde (canonical feminine)
der Schelde (definite genitive)

Scheldt (a river in France, Belgium and the Netherlands, emptying into the North Sea)


Mandel

en-proper-noun

Mandel (countable and uncountable, plural Mandels)

* Germanic surname (Dutch Mandel, German Mandel, Yiddish Mandel, all meaning "almond"). Also found in Slovenian as Mandelj.
* As a south German and Austrian surname, variant of Mandl, from Mann + -l.
* As a Dutch surname, from mandel (“sheaf of wheat”) (see Mandel below).
* As a Jewish surname, variant of Mendel.


Lys

A river in Hauts-de-France, France and Belgium, and a left tributary of the Scheldt at Gent. This is the French spelling: the Dutch and German spelling is Leie.


Meuse

A river in Europe that flows about 901 km (560 mi) from France through Belgium and the Netherlands to the North Sea.

A department in Grand Est, France. Capital: Bar-le-Duc (INSEE code 55).


Meuse

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Meuse, Maas (major river in northeastern France, Belgium and the Netherlands)


Maas

From Middle Dutch Mase, from Old Dutch *Masa, from Proto-Germanic *Masō. Dutch is one of the few languages in which the Germanic name survives directly; most other languages have borrowed the name from Dutch or from a Romance language.

The Meuse, a major European river flowing through France, Belgium and the Netherlands. In the Netherlands the river flows through the provinces of Limburg, Gelderland, North Brabant and South Holland.


Maas

de-proper noun

die Maas f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Maas)

die Maas (canonical feminine)
der Maas (definite genitive)
Maas (definite nominative singular)
Maas (definite genitive singular)
Maas (dative definite singular)
Maas (accusative definite singular)

From Old High German Masa, from Proto-Germanic *Masō.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Maas.

Meuse (a major river in France, Belgium and the Netherlands)


Moza

Moza (nominative singular)
Mozy (genitive singular)
Mozie (dative singular)
Mozę (accusative singular)
Mozą (instrumental singular)
Mozie (locative singular)
Mozo (singular vocative)


Dyle

River in Belgium, flowing through Leuven and Mechelen


Scheldt

Derived from an adjective corresponding to Old English sċeald (“shallow”), from or related to Proto-Germanic *skala-, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelh₁- (“to dry out, wither”).
Modern English shoal, Low German schol, Frisian skol, and Swedish (obsolete) skäll, "thin".

der

Perhaps as a child she watched for his ship coming up the Scheldt.

2020, Hilary Mantel, The Mirror and the Light, Fourth Estate, page 408:

A river flowing through France, Belgium and the Netherlands.


Aa

de-proper noun

die Aa f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Aa)

die Aa (canonical feminine)
der Aa (definite genitive)
Aa (definite nominative singular)
Aa (definite genitive singular)
Aa (dative definite singular)
Aa (accusative definite singular)

From Middle Low German â, from Old Saxon aha, from Proto-Germanic *ahwō. Compare Aue and -ach.

any of several other rivers in Germany, France, Switzerland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands and Belgium


Mosa

Meuse (a river in France, Belgium and the Netherlands)


Wolz

Wiltz (a river in Belgium and Luxembourg)


Oise

Named after the River Oise, itself from or related to the Roman river name Latin Isara, thus also related to the river Isère.

Oise (a right tributary of the Seine, in northeastern France and Belgium)


Dender

A river in Belgium, flowing through Aalst


Ourthe

A river in Wallonia, Belgium, tributary to the Meuse.


Leie

First mention in 694 as Legia, which is likely of Celtic origin, meaning flowing; related legaim in Old-Irish means to flow

the Lys (a river in France and Belgium, and a left tributary of the Scheldt at Gent)


Rupel

* from Celtic-Germanic rim- (flowing) en -pel (swamp, pond)
* alternatively, contraction of the Brabantian ruig or ruw (rough) with the Latin palus, 'swamp' (Ru-peel)


Zenne

An old Germanic or Gaulish word for a watercourse. Zenne, Sinne and Seine are derivatives that can be found as names of Belgian and French rivers, but also in the original name of the municipality of Zonnebeke as Sinnebeche. French speakers call the Belgian river Zenne the Senne and a tributary is the Senette. A more distant relative would be the Dutch river Zaan.

Senne (a now partially covered river in Hainaut, Walloon Brabant and Flemish Brabant, Brussels and Antwerp, Belgium)


Samber

the Sambre (a river in France and Belgium)


Geul

A river in Belgium and Netherlands. In the Netherlands the river flows into the Meuse as a tributary in the province of Limburg.


Rur

die Rur f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Rur)

die Rur (canonical feminine)
der Rur (definite genitive)

From Middle High German Rure, Roir.
Until the earlier 20th century, the spellings Roer, Ruhr, Rur were all used, Rur being actually the rarest. It then became standardised, however, because it was more German-looking than Roer and avoided confusion with the Westphalian Ruhr (which latter had by that time become widely known nationally and internationally because of the Ruhr Area).

Rur, Roer (a river in Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands, tributary of the Meuse)


Roer

Roer, Rur; a river originating in Belgium, flowing through Germany to the Netherlands. In the Netherlands the river flows into the Meuse in the province of Limburg.