Niedersachsen

German

Etymology

nieder- + Sachsen

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈniːdɐˌzaksən/, /ˌniːdɐˈzaksən/
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Proper noun

Niedersachsen n (proper noun, genitive Niedersachsens or (optionally with an article) Niedersachsen)

  1. Lower Saxony (a state in northwest Germany)

Meronyms

See also

Divisions of the Federal Republic of Germany in German (layout · text)
Flächenländer: Baden-Württemberg · Bayern · Brandenburg · Hessen · Niedersachsen · Mecklenburg-Vorpommern · Nordrhein-Westfalen · Rheinland-Pfalz · Saarland · Sachsen · Sachsen-Anhalt · Schleswig-Holstein · Thüringen
Stadtstaaten: Berlin · Bremen · Hamburg

Further reading

  • Niedersachsen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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