polder

polder

See also: Polder and pólder

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch polder, from Middle Dutch polre, from Old Dutch polra, of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpəʊldə/, /ˈpɒldə/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Hyphenation: pol‧der
• Rhymes: -əʊldə(ɹ)

Noun

polder (plural polders)

1. (geography) An area of ground reclaimed from a sea or lake by means of dikes. [from 17th c.]
   • 1999, Philipp Blom, translating Geert Mak, Amsterdam: A Brief Life of the City, Vintage 2001, p. 43:

     The patron saint of the Oude Kerk, Saint Nicolaas, the ‘water saint’, was also very popular, as he protected the sailors and those living on the polders from the dangers of the sea.

Translations

area of ground reclaimed from a sea or lake by means of dikes

Czech: polder m Danish: kog c Dutch: polder (nl) m Finnish: polderi (fi) French: polder (fr) m German: Polder (de) m Indonesian: polder (id) Italian: polder m Portuguese: pólder m (Portugal), pôlder m (Brazil) Russian: по́льдер (ru) m (pólʹder) Spanish: pólder m

Verb

polder (third-person singular simple present polders, present participle poldering, simple past and past participle poldered)

1. To reclaim an area of ground from a sea or lake by means of dikes.

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch polder, from Middle Dutch polre, from Old Dutch polra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔl.dər/

Noun

polder (plural polders)

1. polder (land reclaimed from a body of water by means of dykes)

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch polre, from Old Dutch polra, perhaps from polla (“A low ground elevation”),[1] possibly ultimately from an imitative Germanic base related to Old Norse purla (“to babble”) (modern Swedish pollra (“to purl”), Norwegian puldra (“to gush”) and pulla (“to bubble”)), Old English polr (“marsh”), and modern English purl.[2]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔl.dər/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: pol‧der
• Rhymes: -ɔldər

Noun

polder m (plural polders, diminutive poldertje n)

1. (geography) polder (land reclaimed from a body of water by means of dykes)

Derived terms

- general:

• inpolderen
• kleipolder
• polderen
• poldergemaal
• poldermodel
• poldermolen
• rietpolder
• veenpolder
• zeepolder

 

- toponyms:

• Anna Jacobapolder
• Augustapolder
• Bergpolder
• Bospolder
• Driemanspolder
• Grauwe Polder
• Groetpolder
• Katspolder
• Kleinpolder
• Kogerpolder
• Krakeelpolder
• Noordoostpolder
• Poelpolder
• Serlippenspolder
• 's-Gravenpolder
• Spaanse Polder
• Vierpolders
• Vrouwenpolder
• Waarderpolder
• Wippolder

 

Descendants

• Afrikaans: polder
• → Caribbean Hindustani: podro
• → Caribbean Javanese: polder
• → English: polder
• → German: Polder
• → Papiamentu: polder

References

1. van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “polder1”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
2. Proceedings - Volume 2 - Page 137. University of Michigan Press

Further reading

• polder on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

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French

Etymology

From Dutch polder.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔl.dɛʁ/

• Audio

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Noun

polder m (plural polders)

1. (geography) polder

Further reading

• “polder”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch polder.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɔl.dər]
• Hyphenation: pol‧dêr

Noun

poldêr (first-person possessive polderku, second-person possessive poldermu, third-person possessive poldernya)

1. polder.

Further reading

• “polder” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch polder.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔl.dɛr/
• Rhymes: -ɔldɛr
• Syllabification: pol‧der

Noun

polder m inan

1. (geography) polder

Declension

Declension of polder

	singular	plural
nominative	polder	poldery
genitive	polderu	polderów
dative	polderowi	polderom
accusative	polder	poldery
instrumental	polderem	polderami
locative	polderze	polderach
vocative	polderze	poldery

Derived terms

adjective

• polderowy

 

Further reading

• polder in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• polder in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Romanian

Etymology

From German Polder.

Noun

polder n (plural poldere)

1. polder

Declension

Declension of polder

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) polder	polderul	(niște) poldere	polderele
genitive/dative	(unui) polder	polderului	(unor) poldere	polderelor
vocative	polderule		polderelor