the platteland vs wilderness

the platteland

wilderness

noun
  • Chiefly followed by of: a bewildering flock or throng; a large, often jumbled, collection of things. 

  • An ornamental part of a garden or park cultivated with trees and often a maze to evoke a natural wilderness. 

  • Uncultivated and unsettled land in its natural state inhabited by wild animals and with vegetation growing wild; (countable) a tract of such land; a waste or wild. 

  • A place other than land (for example, the air or sea) that is uncared for, and therefore devoted to disorder or wildness. 

  • Often preceded by in the: a situation of disfavour or lack of recognition; (specifically, politics) of a politician, political party, etc.: a situation of being out of office. 

  • A place or situation that is bewildering and in which one may get lost. 

How often have the words the platteland and wilderness occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )