Definition
A country organized under one government and legal system.
Translations
- English
- state
- Français
- État
- Türkçe
- devlet
- Polski
- państwo
- Русский
- государство
- Українська
- держава
GERMAN DICTIONARY
der Staat
- B1
- Noun
- Society & Public Life
- Countries & Cultures
state
/deːɐ̯ ˈʃtaːt/
Meaning and translations
Meaning, definition and translations of this sense.
Grammar & classification
Main grammatical and classification properties of the word.
- Article
- der
- Gender
- Masculine
- Plural
- Staaten
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- B1
- Topics
- Society & Public LifePrimaryCountries & Cultures
Usage examples
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Pronunciation and forms
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Lemma
Staat/ʃtaːt/
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Article phrase
der Staat/deːɐ̯ ˈʃtaːt/
Declension / Forms
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Usage and collocations
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Semantic relations
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- Narrower termBundesland — federal state
A Bundesland is a constituent state and belongs to a Staat; it is not itself a sovereign nation-state.
Word formation and word family
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