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I am Dutch and I think you are wrong. The Netherlands ( English, plural ) Niederlande ( German, plural ) Les Pays Bas ( French, plural ) The Netherlands -> "T

I am Dutch and I think you are wrong. The Netherlands ( English, plural ) Niederlande ( German, plural ) Les Pays Bas ( French, plural ) The Netherlands -> "The low lands" -> Plural edit: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nederlanden https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nederlanden ( plural, it was a republic once )

mcv 9y ago
It was a republic of somewhat independent provinces once, but not anymore. It's a single country. In Dutch nobody calls it "De Nederlanden". We live in Nederland. The only reason other languages refer to it in plural is because those languages are still stuck in the 18th century in how they refer to us. Singular is fine.