Konföderation

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German

Etymology

16th century, borrowed from Latin cōnfoederātio.[1]

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Noun

Konföderation f (genitive Konföderation, plural Konföderationen)

  1. confederation, confederacy (a union or alliance of (largely) self-governing political entities, such as sovereign states or countries)
    Synonyms: Eidgenossenschaft, Staatenbund, Staatenbündnis

Declension

Declension of Konföderation
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Konföderation die Konföderationen
genitive einer der Konföderation der Konföderationen
dative einer der Konföderation den Konföderationen
accusative eine die Konföderation die Konföderationen

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References

  1. ^ Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “Konföderation”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN

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