Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hollandish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hol-lan-dish
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or relating to Holland (historical province in the Netherlands).

adj

Archaic

name

Synonym of Hollandic.

Example Sentences

"In other words, the irregularity in present day non-standard Afrikaans is completely different from the irregularity in standard Dutch and in the Hollandish dialects."
"Burridge's paper investigates various means of incorporating body part nouns into clauses in 14th and 15th century Middle Dutch medical treatises (Brabantish and Hollandish dialects)."

Etymology

From Holland + -ish.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Holland

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

more Hollandish (comparative) most Hollandish (superlative)

Synonyms

Hollandic

Questions

What does hollandish mean?: Of or relating to Holland (historical province in the Netherlands).
Where does hollandish come from?: From Holland + -ish.

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