Word.ws English Dictionary

Sauerland

Sauerland proper noun: a region of Westphalia, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Proper noun

the Sauerland

  1. A region of Westphalia, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
    • Mr. Merz is a product of the Sauerland in Germany’s wealthy west, a region that defines his politics and persona. During his campaign, he ran on the slogan “More Sauerland for Germany,” evoking the region’s image as a heartland of the country.2025 May 6, Jim Tankersley, Christopher F. Schuetze, “Who Is Friedrich Merz, Germany’s New Chancellor?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Origin of Sauerland

Borrowed from German Sauerland.

Questions about Sauerland

What does Sauerland mean?
Sauerland means a region of Westphalia, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
What part of speech is Sauerland?
Sauerland is a proper noun.

Words near Sauerland in the dictionary

  1. sauerkraut juices
  2. sauerkraut soup
  3. sauerkraut soups
  4. sauerkrauts
  5. sauerkrauty
  6. Sauerland
  7. Sauers
  8. Sauerwein
  9. Sauerweins
  10. sauf
  11. saufgard

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Sauerland (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “Sauerland.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/sauerland. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.