Meanings
plural polders
- geographyAn area of ground reclaimed from a sea or lake by means of dikes.First known use 17th c.
The patron saint of the Oude Kerk, Saint Nicolaas, the ‘water saint’, was also very popular, as he protected the sailors and those living on the polders from the dangers of the sea.
1999, Geert Mak, translated by Philipp Blom, Amsterdam: A Brief Life of the City, Vintage, published 2001, page 43
present singular third person polders · participle present poldering · participle past poldered · past poldered
- To reclaim an area of ground from a sea or lake by means of dikes.
Origin
- Old Dutchpolra
- Middle Dutchpolre
- Dutchpolder
- Englishpolder
Borrowed from Dutch polder, from Middle Dutch polre, from Old Dutch polra, of uncertain origin.
More words from Dutch, Middle Dutch, Old Dutch
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Czech polder
- polderarea of ground reclaimed from a sea or lake by means of dikes
Danish kog
- kogarea of ground reclaimed from a sea or lake by means of dikes
Dutch polder
- polderarea of ground reclaimed from a sea or lake by means of dikes
Esperanto poldero
- polderoarea of ground reclaimed from a sea or lake by means of dikes
Estonian polder
- polderarea of ground reclaimed from a sea or lake by means of dikes
Finnish polderi
- polderiarea of ground reclaimed from a sea or lake by means of dikes
French polder
- polderarea of ground reclaimed from a sea or lake by means of dikes
German Polder
- Polderarea of ground reclaimed from a sea or lake by means of dikes
Indonesian polder
- polderarea of ground reclaimed from a sea or lake by means of dikes
Italian polder
- polderarea of ground reclaimed from a sea or lake by means of dikes
Latvian polderis
- polderisarea of ground reclaimed from a sea or lake by means of dikes
Lithuanian pòlderis
- pòlderisarea of ground reclaimed from a sea or lake by means of dikes
Polish polder
- polderarea of ground reclaimed from a sea or lake by means of dikes
Portuguese pólder, pôlder
- pólderarea of ground reclaimed from a sea or lake by means of dikes
- pôlderarea of ground reclaimed from a sea or lake by means of dikes
Russian по́льдер
- по́льдер (pólʹder)area of ground reclaimed from a sea or lake by means of dikes
Spanish pólder
- pólderarea of ground reclaimed from a sea or lake by means of dikes
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with polder
All rhymes →Cite this entry
polder. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/polder
“polder.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/polder. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “polder,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/polder.
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