A region of Belgium. Official name: Flemish Region.
Used in a Sentence
flanders
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for flanders.
Editorial note
It's the Ned Flanders of the hacker world that are to blame for much of this awful software.
Examples18
Definitions4
Parts of speech1
Quick take
A region of Belgium. Official name: Flemish Region.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of flanders gathered in one view.
A cultural region in the north of Belgium.
A historical county of Western Europe; in full, County of Flanders.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for flanders.
noun
A region of Belgium. Official name: Flemish Region.
noun
A cultural region in the north of Belgium.
noun
A historical county of Western Europe; in full, County of Flanders.
noun
A community of Belgium. Official name: Flemish Community.
Example sentences
It's the Ned Flanders of the hacker world that are to blame for much of this awful software.
Vincent Flanders called this mystery meat navigation [1] and has a whole site about webpages that suck..
Is it just me or does everyone between Flanders and Apu look a little messed up?
The big problem should be between flanders and walloon, the 2 big parts of the country.
The generations that were lost on the Somme and Flanders crippled the empire.
But don't go around like a Ned Flanders and smiling like an idiot.
And the inheritance tax in flanders is 9% for everything below 250.000 euro if you're in direct line of succession, high but not spectacular.
To be honest, as I see it, there are 2 big cities with startups at the moment in flanders: Antwerp and Ghent.
I never did get far in Flanders (which left too much implicit, making it difficult to read) and H&H didn't seem to emphasize the E&M applications I was looking for (admittedly I only skimmed it).
Sure we hear all the time there are 'issues' and flanders is giving (some politicians even call it wasting) a large sum of money to the walloon but I see it in a bigger picture.
I guess Belgium is just too small to do it the US way, it's even worse if you know websites from flanders who are immensely popular are not popular at all in walloon and the other way around.
Quote examples
Just found another one in Dutch: "weerhouden"(to keep versus to hold back), although it only seems to have both meanings in Flanders.
This is not a Maude Flanders "won't someone think of the children!" type issue.
If the Scots go for "Independence in Europe" as Salmond has said they will, surely that would be the model for Catalonia or Flanders to follow.
(This may be different in Flanders.) The difference between "het" and "de" is actually also eroding at the moment.
Proper noun examples
He does mention Flanders, and Catalonia which is likely the first to go in Spain.
Of course, I have to be careful when speaking in public so I don't end up sounding like Ned Flanders.
Perhaps this vocabulary test was given mainly to people in Flanders.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use flanders in a sentence?
It's the Ned Flanders of the hacker world that are to blame for much of this awful software.
What does flanders mean?
A region of Belgium. Official name: Flemish Region.
What part of speech is flanders?
flanders is commonly used as noun.