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wadden sea

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.68 in modern English

Syllables
wad-den sea
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A shallow and narrow sea peripheral to the North Sea, situated between the Frisian Islands and the mainland coasts of Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands.

Etymology

Partial calque of Dutch Waddenzee, leaving Dutch wadden (“mudflats”) untranslated; compare with Danish Vadehavet and German Wattenmeer.

Questions

What does wadden sea mean?
A shallow and narrow sea peripheral to the North Sea, situated between the Frisian Islands and the mainland coasts of Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands.
Where does wadden sea come from?
Partial calque of Dutch Waddenzee, leaving Dutch wadden (“mudflats”) untranslated; compare with Danish Vadehavet and German Wattenmeer.

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