Eidgenossenschaft
German
editEtymology
editFrom Eidgenosse + -n- + -schaft.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editdie Eidgenossenschaft f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Eidgenossenschaft)
- Short for Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft: the Swiss Confederation
Noun
editEidgenossenschaft f (genitive Eidgenossenschaft, plural Eidgenossenschaften)
- (in other contexts rare, poetic, archaic) confederation, confederacy
- Synonyms: Bund, Bündnis, Konföderation
Declension
editDeclension of Eidgenossenschaft [feminine]
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | eine | die | Eidgenossenschaft | die | Eidgenossenschaften |
genitive | einer | der | Eidgenossenschaft | der | Eidgenossenschaften |
dative | einer | der | Eidgenossenschaft | den | Eidgenossenschaften |
accusative | eine | die | Eidgenossenschaft | die | Eidgenossenschaften |
Further reading
edit- “Eidgenossenschaft” in Duden online
- “Eidgenossenschaft” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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