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Summary

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wilderness:
- woestijn; woestenij; wildernis
Wiktionary:
- wilderness → wildernisgebied

English

Detailed Translations for wilderness from English to Dutch

wilderness:

wilderness [the ~] nomen

the wilderness (desert)
de woestijn
- woestijn [de ~] nomen
the wilderness (wasteland)
de woestenij
- woestenij [de ~ (v)] nomen
the wilderness (wild)

– a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition ¹
de woestenij; de wildernis
- woestenij [de ~ (v)] nomen
- wildernis [de ~ (v)] nomen

Translation Matrix for wilderness:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
wildernis	wild; wilderness
woestenij	wasteland; wild; wilderness
woestijn	desert; wilderness	desert
Other	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	undeveloped country; undeveloped district; wild country; wild district

Related Words for "wilderness":

wildernesses

Synonyms for "wilderness":

disfavor; disfavour
Wilderness; forest; wood; woods
wild; geographical area; geographic area; geographical region; geographic region
profusion; profuseness; richness; cornucopia

Related Definitions for "wilderness":

a bewildering profusion¹
- the duties of citizenship are lost sight of in the wilderness of interests of individuals and groups¹
- a wilderness of masts in the harbor¹
a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition¹
- it was a wilderness preserved for the hawks and mountaineers¹
(politics) a state of disfavor¹
- he led the Democratic party back from the wilderness¹

Wiktionary Translations for wilderness:

wilderness

noun

uncultivated tract of land
- wilderness → wildernisgebied

Wilderness:

Related Definitions for "Wilderness":

a wooded region in northeastern Virginia near Spotsylvania where bloody but inconclusive battles were fought in the American Civil War¹

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University