Drenthe

English thumb|location of Drenthe in the Netherlands Etymology From en nl Drenthe, see below. Pronunciation en /ˈdɹɛntə/ en ɛntə 2 Proper noun en province in the northeastern c/Netherlands with Assen as capital and Emmen as largest city. Translations province of the Netherlands Bulgarian: bg Дренте n Catalan: ca Drenthe Dutch: nl Drenthe Farefare: gur Dɛrɛnta French: fr Drenthe Georgian: ka დრენთე German: de Drenthe n Latvian: lv Drente f Macedonian: mk Дренте n Polish: pl Drenthe n Portuguese: pt Drenthe f, pt Drente f Russian: ru Дре́нте n Ukrainian: uk Дре́нте n See also Anagrams en deehnrt Dehnert rendeth Dutch nl: Etymology From nl dum, from late nl odt Drente, from earlier nl odt Thrente, from nl odt Thriente, from nl odt Thrianta (also nl odt Threant), from odt *thrie *hant- three 1. Beware that these attestations come to us via copies of Latin texts, and may therefore be affected by transcription errors and phonological adaptation. De Vries thought odt *hant- means community or part of the area where a people live; if so that would mean that Drenthe originally consisted of just three nl dingspel dingspelen judicial areas rather than the six it has had since our earliest records. Compare nl Twente. Attested both with and without h from early Modern Dutch; the form with h is now standard, although this doesn't affect the pronunciation. Pronunciation nl /ˈdrɛn.tə/ nl Nl-Drenthe.ogg nl Dren the nl ɛntə 2 Proper noun thumb|150px n en Drenthe, a province of the Netherlands nl Aa en Hunze Assen Borger-Odoorn Coevorden De Wolden Emmen Hoogeveen Meppel Midden-Drenthe Noordenveld Tynaarlo Westerveld Derived terms nl Drentenaar, nl Drent nl Drents nl Midden-Drenthe See also nl Provinces of the Netherlands French fr: Pronunciation Proper noun f fr province c/Netherlands Drenthe Derived terms fr Drenthois fr drenthois See also German de: Pronunciation de /dʁˈɛntə/ de De-Drenthe.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Proper noun toponym de province c/Netherlands Drenthe Declension toponym See also Polish pl: Pronunciation drente Dren.the Proper noun pl proper noun n indeclinable pl province c/Netherlands Drenthe See also Further reading Portuguese Alternative forms pt Drente Etymology pt :bor nl:Drenthe + 1 Proper noun f pt province c/Netherlands Drenthe