"Sylt" meaning in German

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Proper name

IPA: /zʏlt/ Audio: De-Sylt.ogg Forms: Sylts [genitive], Sylt [genitive, with-article]
Etymology: From Old Frisian Silendi (literally “sea-land”), from Proto-West Germanic *saiwi + *land. Doublet of Seeland. Etymology templates: {{der|de|ofs|Silendi|lit=sea-land}} Old Frisian Silendi (literally “sea-land”), {{der|de|gmw-pro|*saiwi}} Proto-West Germanic *saiwi, {{doublet|de|Seeland}} Doublet of Seeland Head templates: {{de-proper noun|toponym}} Sylt n (proper noun, genitive Sylts or (optionally with an article) Sylt)
  1. Sylt (an island of the North Sea in Nordfriesland district, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany) Wikipedia link: de:Sylt Tags: neuter, proper-noun Categories (place): Places in Germany, Places in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany Derived forms: Sylter, syltisch
    Sense id: en-Sylt-de-name-ItySLKM3 Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Islands
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