Niederrhein

[ nee-duhr-rahyn ]

noun

1. German name of the Lower Rhine.

Example Sentences

The temporary suspension is a reaction to Ryanair’s closure of bases in the Dutch city of Eindhoven and Bremen in Germany and the reduction of capacity in the German region of Niederrhein.

From Reuters

“Amazon sells everything,” says Gerrit Heinemann, a business professor at Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences in Moenchengladbach.

From Forbes

They now sit atop the Oberliga Niederrhein some 23 points ahead of second-placed TuRU Düsseldorf and will play fourth tier football next season.

From The Guardian

Dr. Julia Neu, a professor of sociology at the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences, said the loss of post offices had been particularly painful for older people in the former East Germany, where they doubled as meeting places.

From New York Times

His "Ansichten vom Niederrhein," especially the discussions of the galleries and collections at Düsseldorf, Brussels and Antwerp fully express his ideas on Dutch and Flemish art, especially emfasizing the characteristics of Rubens for whose fleshy types Forster had little use.

From Project Gutenberg