Bindestrichland

German

From Bindestrich (“hyphen”) +‎ Land (“state”). Originally used of North Rhine-Westphalia, which was created by the Allied occupation authorities by dividing the Prussian Rhine Province and joining its northern half to the province of Westphalia.

Bindestrichland n (strong, genitive Bindestrichlands or Bindestrichlandes, plural Bindestrichländer)

a state or political territory whose name contains a hyphen, with the implication that it has been arbitrarily created from merging two regions that share few historical and cultural ties

Used especially of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and to a lesser degree of Baden-Württemberg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, and Sachsen-Anhalt.

Declension of Bindestrichland [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Bindestrichland	die	Bindestrichländer
genitive	eines	des	Bindestrichlands, Bindestrichlandes	der	Bindestrichländer
dative	einem	dem	Bindestrichland, Bindestrichlande¹	den	Bindestrichländern
accusative	ein	das	Bindestrichland	die	Bindestrichländer

¹Now uncommon, see notes.

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