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Polen
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polen pólen pölen
Danish
da:
Etymology
From da de Polen.
Pronunciation
da Da-Polen.ogg
Proper noun
da proper noun
da Poland Q36
Related terms
da polak c Pole
da polsk adj Polish
See also
da exonyms
Dutch
nl:
Pronunciation
nl /ˈpoːlə(n)/
nl [ˈpoːlə(n)] BE
nl [ˈpoʊ̯lə(n)] NL
nl Nl-Polen.ogg
nl Po len
nl oːlən
Etymology 1
From nl dum Polen, related to older dum Polanen.
The hamlet is first attested as Polen in 1899. It is named after the country.
Proper noun
n Pools Pool Poolse
nl Poland Q36
nl hamlet mun/Eemsdelta p/Groningen c/Netherlands
Descendants
af Pole
See also
References
Etymology 2
Proper noun
nl noun form
nl Pool
Anagrams
nl lopen
nl exonyms
German
de:
Alternative forms
de Pohlen
Etymology
de gmh Polen, Polēnen, cp. gmh Polen Poles m-p. See de Pole.
Pronunciation
de /ˈpoːlən/
de De-Polen2.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de De-Polen.ogg
de De-at-Polen.ogg Austria
Proper noun
toponym
de Poland Q36
Synonyms
de Polackenland rare, possibly offensive
Related terms
de dann ist Polen offen
de heute gestohlen, morgen in Polen
de Pole
de polnisch
Descendants
nb Polen 1
See also
Noun
de noun form
de Pole gen//dat//acc s ; nom//gen//dat//acc p
de exonyms
Luxembourgish
lb:
Etymology
From lb de Polen.
Pronunciation
lb /ˈpoːlən/
Proper noun
n
lb Poland Q36
Northern Sami
Etymology
From se de Polen.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
se proper noun
se:
se Poland Q36
Further reading
Norwegian Bokmål
no
thumb|The flag of Poland.
thumb|The location of Poland in Europe.
thumb|Morskie Oko in the Tatra Mountains of southern Poland.
Etymology
nb ine-pro *pleh₂-
nb de Polen Poland, from nb gmh Polen or gmh Polēnen. The German name belongs to the same word family as de Pole Pole, ultimately from Old Polish zlw-opl Polanie Poles; field dwellers, from nb sla-pro *poľane Poles; field dwellers, the plural of sla-pro *poľaninъ field dweller, itself derived from sla-pro *poľe field. The latter has tentatively been connected with nb ine-pro *pleh₂- flat, wide.
Compare pl Polska, cs Polsko, sk Poľsko, nn Polen, da Polen, sv Polen, nl Polen and lb Polen Poland.
Pronunciation
nb /¹ˈpuː.lən/ [ˈpùː.ln̩]
nb uːlən 2
nb Po len
Proper noun
nb proper noun
Poland; nb country in r/Central Europe on the sea/Baltic Sea Warszawa 1.
nb Hun bodde i Polen i flere år. She lived in Poland for several years.
nb 25 June 2026 Sten Lundbo Polen Store norske leksikon https://snl.no/Polen Polen er et land i Europa, ved sørenden av Østersjøen. Poland is a country in Europe, at the southern end of the Baltic Sea. https://web.archive.org/web/20260921200718/https://snl.no/Polen 21 September 2026
Usage notes
The official Norwegian long-form name is Republikken Polen (“the Republic of Poland”); the Polish official name is pl Rzeczpospolita Polska Republic of Poland.
Related terms
nb polakk a Pole
nb polsk Polish; the Polish language
See also
References
“Navn på stater” by no Språkrådet.
“Polen” in Store norske leksikon.
Norwegian Nynorsk
nn:
Etymology
From nn de Polen.
Pronunciation
no /ˈpuːln̩/
Proper noun
nn proper noun
nn Poland Q36
Related terms
nn polakk
nn polsk
Swedish
sv:
Etymology
From sv de Polen.
Pronunciation
sv /ˈpoːlɛn/
sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Polen.wav
Proper noun
n
sv Poland Q36
Related terms
sv polsk
sv polack
sv polska
See also
References
saol
Svensk MeSH
sv exonyms