Delfzijl
Modern Dutch language is understood every where and many people speak English, German, and French. Gronings dialect is found routinely spoken in outlying villages, resembling old dialects along the coast nearby in Germany and Denmark. Local television carries Dutch and popular broadcasts from other countries and languages. Delfzijl is accustomed to receiving visitors and guest workers from foreign countries.Delfzijl is twinned with:
Denmark
Most handbooks derive the first part of the word, and the name of the people, from a word meaning "flat land", related to German "threshing floor", English "den" "cave". The "-mark" is believed to mean woodland or borderland (see marches), with probable references to the border forests in south Schleswig.