Noun
die Hansestadt
Pronunciation: [ˈhanzəˌʃtat]
Hanseatic city
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plural Hansestädte
Meanings
Noun
- Hanseatic city
Example sentence
Hamburg ist bis heute stolz auf seine Geschichte als Hansestadt.
Hamburg is still proud of its history as a Hanseatic city.
Word forms
singular
die Hansestadt
plural
die Hansestädte
The four cases
Singular
Nominativedie Hansestadt
Accusativedie Hansestadt
Dativeder Hansestadt
Genitiveder Hansestadt
Plural
Nominativedie Hansestädte
Accusativedie Hansestädte
Dativeden Hansestädten
Genitiveder Hansestädte
Usage
- eine historische Hansestadt — a city historically associated with the Hanseatic trading league
- Hansestadt / Hafenstadt — a Hanseatic city / a port city; the second name alone says nothing about Hanseatic history
Die Führung erklärt die Geschichte der alten Hansestadt.
The guided tour explains the history of the old Hanseatic city.