Weißrussland

See also: Weißrußland and Weissrussland

German

Alternative forms

Weissrussland (Switzerland, Liechtenstein, often also Luxembourg, South Tyrol)
Weißrußland (elsewhere until 1996)

Etymology

From weiß (“white”) +‎ Russland (“Russia”), a calque of Russian Белору́ссия (Belorússija). Cognate with Dutch Wit-Rusland, Afrikaans Wit-Rusland, German Low German Wittrussland, Alemannic German Wiissrussland, English White Russia, Danish Hviderusland, Faroese Hvítarussland, Swedish Vitryssland, Norwegian Bokmål Hviterussland, Norwegian Nynorsk Kviterussland, Icelandic Hvíta-Rússland, Limburgish Wit-Rusland, among others.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈvaɪ̯sˌʁʊslant/
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IPA^(key): /ˌvaɪ̯sˈʁʊslant/ (less common)
Hyphenation: Weiß‧russ‧land

Proper noun

Weißrussland n (proper noun, genitive Weißrusslands or (optionally with an article) Weißrussland)

Belarus (a country in Eastern Europe)
Synonym: (obsolete) Weißruthenien

Declension

Declension of Weißrussland [sg-only, neuter, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Weißrussland
genitive	eines	des	Weißrusslands
dative	einem	dem	Weißrussland
accusative	ein	das	Weißrussland

Synonyms

Belarus (diplomatic, officialese)
Belarussland (uncommon)
Belorußland, Belorussland (obsolete, former GDR)

Related terms

References

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

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