kikkerland
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Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Compound of kikker (“frog”) + land (“country”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
kikkerland n (plural kikkerlanden, diminutive kikkerlandje n)
- (humorous) a small, unimportant and rather wet country, virtually exclusively said of the Netherlands [from mid 19th c.]
- Ik had niet gedacht dat ze in ons kikkerlandje zo goede films konden maken.
- I didn’t think they could make such good films in this little country of ours.