Estland

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Estland

1. Estonia (a country in Northern Europe; capital: Tallinn)

Derived terms

• Estlander
• Estlands

Related terms

• Est
• Esties

Danish

Proper noun

Estland

1. Estonia (a country in Europe)

Related terms

• ester
• estisk

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 (adjective Ests, demonym Est m or Estse f)

1. Estonia (a country in Europe)

Anagrams

• stalden

Dutch Low Saxon

Proper noun

Estland

1. Estonia (a country in Europe)

Faroese

Proper noun

Estland

1. Estonia (a country in Europe)

Declension

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

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/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ant

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)

See also

• (countries of Europe) Staaten Europas; Albanien, Andorra, Belgien, Belarus, Bosnien und Herzegowina, Bulgarien, Deutschland, Dänemark, Estland, Finnland, Frankreich, Griechenland, Irland, Island, Italien, Kroatien, Lettland, Liechtenstein, Litauen, Luxemburg, Malta, Moldau, Monaco, Montenegro, Nordmazedonien, Norwegen, Niederlande, Österreich, Polen, Portugal, Rumänien, Russland, San Marino, Schweden, Schweiz, Serbien, Slowakei, Slowenien, Spanien, Tschechien, Ukraine, Ungarn, Vereinigtes Königreich, Vatikanstadt, Weißrußland/Weißrussland, Zypern ^{(Category: de:Countries in Europe)}

References

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

Further reading

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

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæstlant/, [ˈæzdlɑnt]

Proper noun

Estland n

1. Estonia (a country in Europe)

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Estland

1. Estonia (a country in Europe)

Related terms

• ester, estlending, estlender
• estlandsk, estisk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Estland

1. Estonia (a country in Europe)

Related terms

• estlending, estlendar
• estlandsk, estisk

Old English

Picture dictionary

Estland

Ispania

Īrland

Sċotland

Wēalas

Orcadas

Wiht

Engla land

Francland

Norþweġ

Frīsland

Denemearc

Germanie

Swēoland

Burgenda land

Scedenig

Italia

Sicilie

Finna land

Ungerland

Ilirice

Pulgara land

Ēstland

Wendelsǣ

Mæcedonia

Grēcland

Syria

Sciþþia

Armenia

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 Ēstland (strong a-stem)

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

Descendants

• Middle English: Ēstland

Swedish

Proper noun

Estland n (genitive Estlands)

1. Estonia (a country in Europe)

Derived terms

• estländare
• estländsk
• estländska

References

• Estland in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• Svensk MeSH

Anagrams

• deltans, landets, stelnad