Noun
das Niemandsland
Pronunciation: /ˈniːmant͡sˌlant/
no man's land
C2
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Meanings
Noun
- no man's land
Example sentence
Hier war das Niemandsland: drüben auf der Höhe lagen die Deutschen, hüben die Franzosen – dies war unbesetzt.
Here was the no man's land, over there on the height were the Germans, over here the French – this was unoccupied.
Word forms
singular
das Niemandsland
No common plural.
The four cases
Singular
Nominativedas Niemandsland
Accusativedas Niemandsland
Dativedem Niemandsland
Genitivedes Niemandslands
Niemandsland has no common plural.
Usage
- im Niemandsland — In no man's land; in dem contracts to im.
- rechtliches Niemandsland — A figurative area where rules or responsibility are unclear.
Zwischen den beiden Kontrollposten lag ein verlassenes Niemandsland.
A deserted no man's land lay between the two checkpoints.