Nachtwächterstaat

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Etymology

Nachtwächter (“night watchman”) +‎ Staat (“state”); coined by German socialist Ferdinand Lassalle in an 1862 speech in Berlin. He used this term to criticize the idea of a state with minimal government, comparing it to a night watchman whose sole duty was preventing theft.

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  • Hyphenation: Nacht‧wäch‧ter‧staat

Noun

Nachtwächterstaat m (mixed, genitive Nachtwächterstaates or Nachtwächterstaats, plural Nachtwächterstaaten)

  1. night watchman state

Declension

Declension of Nachtwächterstaat
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Nachtwächterstaat die Nachtwächterstaaten
genitive eines des Nachtwächterstaates, Nachtwächterstaats der Nachtwächterstaaten
dative einem dem Nachtwächterstaat, Nachtwächterstaate1 den Nachtwächterstaaten
accusative einen den Nachtwächterstaat die Nachtwächterstaaten

1Now rare, see notes.

Descendants

  • → English: night watchman state (calque)

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