Neufünfland

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German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Blend of fünf +‎ neue Länder or similar, punning Neufundland (“Newfoundland”).

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /nɔʏ̯ˈfʏnflant/

Proper noun[edit]

Neufünfland n (proper noun, genitive Neufünflands or (optionally with an article) Neufünfland)

(humorous, rare) the territories of the German states having acceded to the Federal Republic of Germany in the course of the dissolution of the German Democratic Republic.

Further reading[edit]

“Neufünfland”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008–

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