"Indien" meaning in German

See Indien in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈɪndi̯ən/ Audio: De-Indien.ogg Forms: Indiens [genitive], Indien [genitive, with-article], Indien [plural]
Etymology: From Latin India, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδία (Indía), from Ἰνδός (Indós, “the Indus river”), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hiⁿdūš), from Proto-Iranian *hínduš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš (“river”), of uncertain origin. Etymology templates: {{bor|de|la|India}} Latin India, {{der|de|grc|Ἰνδία}} Ancient Greek Ἰνδία (Indía), {{der|de|peo|𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁|tr=hiⁿdūš}} Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hiⁿdūš), {{der|de|ira-pro|*hínduš}} Proto-Iranian *hínduš, {{der|de|iir-pro|*síndʰuš|t=river}} Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš (“river”) Head templates: {{de-proper noun|toponym,,-􂀿referring to the East Indies and West Indies􂁀}} Indien n (proper noun, genitive Indiens or (optionally with an article) Indien, plural (referring to the East Indies and West Indies) Indien)
  1. India (a country in South Asia) Tags: neuter, proper-noun Categories (place): Countries in Asia Derived forms: Ostindien, Westindien Related terms: Inder, Indianer, indisch, Indochina, Indonesien

Inflected forms

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