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Dutch
Etymology
Compound of heil (“prosperity”) + staat (“state”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɦɛi̯l.staːt/
- Hyphenation: heil‧staat
Noun
heilstaat m (plural heilstaten, diminutive heilstaatje n)
- (countable) an ideal state, a utopia, in particular a socialist utopia
- 1984, Harrie Jekkers, "Over de muur", Klein Orkest, Later is al lang begonnen.
- Maar wat is nou die heilstaat als er muren omheen staan? Als je bang en voorzichtig met je mening moet omgaan? ― But what's that ideal state when it's surrounded by walls? If you must handle your opinion fearfully and carefully?
- (archaic, theology, Christianity, uncountable) the state of salvation
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