Staatsbürgerschaft

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German

Etymology

From Staatsbürger +‎ -schaft.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: Staats‧bür‧ger‧schaft

Noun

Staatsbürgerschaft f (genitive Staatsbürgerschaft, plural Staatsbürgerschaften)

  1. nationality, citizenship
    Synonym: Staatsangehörigkeit

Usage notes

The word is similar to, but not entirely synonymous with Nationalität. Staatsbürgerschaft means the citizenship of a state, i.e. the possession of a passport, whereas Nationalität means the affiliation with a nation. For example, nationals who live under foreign occupation, continue to have their own nation's Nationalität, but may have the occupying country's Staatsbürgerschaft.

Declension

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

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