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Bundesland

noun ·
Etymology

From Bund + -es- + Land, the former related to binden (“bind”). In a literal sense: 'one of several lands bound to another' or more simply 'allied country'.

Translation

  1. federal state (non-sovereign state) neuter, strong

    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.

    Kleverländisch ist ein Dialekt des Niederländischen, der im deutschen Bundesland Nordrhein-Westfalen gesprochen wird.

    South Guelderish is a dialect of Dutch spoken in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

  2. federal state source:freedict-eng-deu-dictd
  3. federal state source:wikdict-en-de-stardict
  4. federal state; Land source:dictcc-tuchemnitz-de-en
  5. One of the 16 federal states of Germany neuter, strong
  6. One of the 9 federal states of Austria neuter, strong

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominative Bundesland Bundesländer
Accusative Bundesland Bundesländer
Dative Bundesland Bundesländern
Genitive Bundeslandes Bundesländer