Kleinstaaterei
German
editEtymology
editKleinstaat + -erei
Pronunciation
editNoun
editKleinstaaterei f (genitive Kleinstaaterei, no plural)
- (politics, derogatory) political fragmentation of a country into many small polities with a large degree of autonomy, often in relation to the Holy Roman Empire or modern German federalism
Declension
editDeclension of Kleinstaaterei [sg-only, feminine]
Further reading
edit- “Kleinstaaterei” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Kleinstaaterei” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon