Noun
das Bundesland
Pronunciation: /bʊntlant/
federal state (non-sovereign state)
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rank #3,623
plural Bundesländer
Meanings
Noun
- federal state (non-sovereign state)
- One of the 16 federal states of Germany
- One of the 9 federal states of Austria
Example sentence
Im deutschen Bundesland Schleswig-Holstein ist Dänisch als geschützte Minderheitensprache anerkannt.
Danish is recognised as a protected minority language in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein.
Word forms
singular
das Bundesland
plural
die Bundesländer
The four cases
Singular
Nominativedas Bundesland
Accusativedas Bundesland
Dativedem Bundesland
Genitivedes Bundeslands
Plural
Nominativedie Bundesländer
Accusativedie Bundesländer
Dativeden Bundesländern
Genitiveder Bundesländer
Usage
- in einem Bundesland — in a constituent state of a federal country
- Bundesland / Bundesländer — singular / plural; Land changes to Länder
Für das Projekt arbeiten Schulen aus mehreren Bundesländern zusammen.
Schools from several federal states are working together on the project.