See also: untertan

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʊntɐˌtaːn/
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Untertan m (mixed or weak, genitive Untertans or Untertanen, plural Untertanen, feminine Untertanin)

  1. a citizen in a monarchy; a subject
  2. (figurative) a citizen in any kind of state who is naively uncritical of the government; or anybody who is habitually very obedient to their superiors

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  • Untertan” in Duden online
  • Untertan” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache