Litauen

Danish da: Proper noun da proper noun da Lithuania Q37 Related terms da litauer da litauisk See also da exonyms German de: Etymology de Pronunciation de /ˈlɪtaʊ̯ən/ de De-Litauen.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Proper noun toponym de Lithuania Q37 Related terms de Litauisch de litauisch de Litauer Descendants zh 立陶宛 1 See also de exonyms Norwegian Bokmål no:Litauen thumb|The Lithuanian flag flying over Gediminas Tower in Vilnius. thumb|The location of Lithuania in Europe. Etymology nb, ultimately from nb lt Lietuva Lithuania. The Norwegian form belongs to a Germanic name family represented by German, Danish and Swedish Litauen. Medieval German sources used forms such as Lettowen, reflecting the Lithuanian stem liet-, while the later German form Litauen reflects the Slavic variant with lit-. The Lithuanian name is first attested in the Latin form Litua in 1009. Its deeper origin is disputed. One influential proposal derives it from the river name Lietava or Lietauka, but several other explanations have also been proposed. Parallel international adaptations include da Litauen, sv Litauen, de Litauen, nds Litauen, nl Litouwen and is Litáen Lithuania. Pronunciation nb /¹ˈlitː.æʉ.ən/ [ˈlɪ̀tː.æʉ.ən] nb itːæʉən 3 nb Li tau en Proper noun nb proper noun Lithuania; nb country cont/Europe, by the Baltic Sea, with Vilnius as its capital. nb Hun bodde i Litauen i flere år. She lived in Lithuania for several years. nb 21 July 2026 Jørn Holm-Hansen Litauen Store norske leksikon https://snl.no/Litauen Litauen er et land nordøst i Europa. Lithuania is a country in northeastern Europe. https://web.archive.org/web/20260921044128/https://snl.no/Litauen 21 September 2026 Usage notes The official Norwegian long-form name is Republikken Litauen (“the Republic of Lithuania”). Related terms nb litauer Lithuanian person nb litauisk Lithuanian; Lithuanian language nb litas litas; former currency of Lithuania See also References lt 28 July 2026 Lietuvos vardas Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija https://www.vle.lt/straipsnis/lietuvos-vardas/ 3 August 2026 K. Kuzavinis 1964 Lietuvos vardo kilmė Kalbotyra 10 5–18 https://www.journals.vu.lt/kalbotyra/lt/article/view/19048 21 July 2026 Jørn Holm-Hansen Litauen Store norske leksikon https://snl.no/Litauen 3 August 2026 Land Norge har diplomatiske forbindelser med Regjeringen.no https://www.regjeringen.no/no/dep/ud/dep/diplomatiske-forbindelser-og-protokoll/norske-utenriksstasjoner/id2991088/ 3 August 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20260929013054/https://www.regjeringen.no/no/dep/ud/dep/diplomatiske-forbindelser-og-protokoll/norske-utenriksstasjoner/id2991088/ 29 September 2026 nb exonyms Norwegian Nynorsk nn: Proper noun nn proper noun nn Lithuania Q37 Related terms nn litauar nn litauisk Swedish sv: Pronunciation sv /lɪˈtaʊ̯ɛn/ Proper noun n sv Lithuania Q37 Related terms sv litauer sv litauisk sv litauiska See also References saol Svensk MeSH sv exonyms