Wadden Sea

English

Etymology

From Dutch wadden (“mudflats”); compare with Dutch Waddenzee and German Wattenmeer.

Proper noun

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.

Translations

Wadden Sea

Catalan: Mar de Wadden
Czech: Waddenzee
Danish: Vadehavet (da)
Dutch: Waddenzee (nl)
Finnish: Vattimeri
French: mer des Wadden (fr)
Georgian: ვადენზეე (vadenzee)
German: Wattenmeer (de) n
Hungarian: Watt-tenger

Italian: mare dei Wadden
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Vadehavet

Nynorsk: Vadehavet
Polish: Morze Wattowe (pl) n
Portuguese: Mar Frísio
Spanish: Mar de Frisia
Swedish: Vadehavet
West Frisian: Waadsee

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