"Nederland" meaning in Dutch

See Nederland in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈneː.dərˌlɑnt/ Audio: Nl-Nederland.ogg Forms: Nederlands [adjective], Nederlander [demonym, masculine], Nederlandse [demonym, feminine], Neerland [alternative], Neêrland [alternative]
Rhymes: -ɑnt Etymology: From neder (“down, low”) + land (“land”). Compare German Niederlande and English Netherlands. Etymology templates: {{compound|nl|neder|land|t1=down, low|t2=land}} neder (“down, low”) + land (“land”), {{cog|de|Niederlande}} German Niederlande, {{cog|en|Netherlands}} English Netherlands Head templates: {{nl-proper noun|n|adj=Nederlands|fdem=Nederlandse|mdem=Nederlander}} Nederland n (adjective Nederlands, demonym Nederlander m or Nederlandse f)
  1. Netherlands (the main constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located primarily in Western Europe bordering Germany and Belgium) Tags: neuter Synonyms: Holland, Blanda, kikkerland
    Sense id: en-Nederland-nl-name-JvzEswwZ Categories (other): Netherlands, Dutch entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 37 43 20
  2. Kingdom of the Netherlands (official name of the Netherlands: a country consisting of the Netherlands per se, in Western Europe, as well as three other small island countries in the Caribbean, namely Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten) Tags: neuter Categories (place): Countries in Europe, Countries in North America, Countries in the Caribbean Synonyms: Koninkrijk der Nederlanden
    Sense id: en-Nederland-nl-name-uwdrCfil Categories (other): Netherlands, Official names of countries, Dutch entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 37 43 20
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Holonyms: Benelux, Koninkrijk der Nederlanden Derived forms: bv Nederland, Caribisch Nederland, Koninkrijk der Nederlanden, neder-, Nederlander, Nederlands, tropisch Nederland Related terms: neerlandistiek, neerlandicus, neerlandica
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

IPA: /ˈneː.dərˌlɑnt/ Audio: Nl-Nederland.ogg Forms: Neerland [alternative], Neêrland [alternative]
Rhymes: -ɑnt Etymology: First attested as t Nederland in 1830-1855. From neder (“down, low”) + land (“land”). Etymology templates: {{compound|nl|neder|land|t1=down, low|t2=land}} neder (“down, low”) + land (“land”) Head templates: {{nl-proper noun|n}} Nederland n
  1. a hamlet in Steenwijkerland, Overijssel, Netherlands Tags: neuter Categories (place): Places in Overijssel, Netherlands, Places in the Netherlands, Villages in Overijssel, Netherlands, Villages in the Netherlands
    Sense id: en-Nederland-nl-name-qNhe8U4p Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 37 43 20
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Dutch dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-01-25 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-01-01 using wiktextract (f492ef9 and 9905b1f). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.