Estland

Estland

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Estland

1. Estonia (a country in Northern Europe)

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Danish

Proper noun

Estland

1. Estonia (a country in Europe)

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Dutch

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛst.lɑnt/

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• Hyphenation: Est‧land

Proper noun

Estland n

1. Estonia (a country in Europe)

Anagrams

• stalden

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Dutch Low Saxon

Proper noun

Estland

1. Estonia (a country in Europe)

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Faroese

Proper noun

Estland

1. Estonia (a country in Europe)

Declension

n8 -land	Singular
	Indefinite
Nominative	Estland
Accusative
Dative	Estlandi
Genitive	Estlands

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German

Alternative forms

• Eestland, Ehstland, Esthland (obsolete)

Etymology

Perhaps from Medieval Latin Aestland (attested in Adam of Bremen), from the name of the Aestii tribe (see Wikipedia). But see Eesti for other possibilities.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeːstlant/, (also) /ˈɛstlant/

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Proper noun

Estland n (proper noun, genitive Estlands or (optionally with an article) Estland)

1. Estonia (a country in Eastern Europe)

Related terms

• Este
• Estländer
• estländisch
• estnisch

Descendants

• Russian: Эстляндия (Estljandija)

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “Эстляндия”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress

Further reading

• “Estland” in Duden online
• “Estland” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• Estland on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

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Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæstlant/, [ˈæzdlɑnt]

Proper noun

Estland n

1. Estonia (a country in Europe)

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Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Estland

1. Estonia (a country in Europe)

Related terms

• ester, estlending, estlender
• estlandsk, estisk

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Estland

1. Estonia (a country in Europe)

Related terms

• estlending, estlendar
• estlandsk, estisk

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Old English

Etymology

Derived from the plural noun Ēste (“the Estonians”), from the name of the Aestii tribe (see Wikipedia). The first element could also be an unattested singular form *Ēst, from the same source. In any case, the second element is land.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeːstˌlɑnd/

Proper noun

Ēstland n

1. Estonia

Declension

Declension of Estland (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	Ēstland	—
accusative	Ēstland	—
genitive	Ēstlandes	—
dative	Ēstlande	—

Descendants

• Middle English: Ēstland

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Swedish

Proper noun

Estland n (genitive Estlands)

1. Estonia (a country in Europe)

Derived terms

• estländare
• estländsk
• estländska

Anagrams

• deltans, landets, stelnad