Sonntagsstaat
German
editEtymology
editFrom Sonntag (“Sunday”) + -s- + Staat. The latter is word is used in the archaic sense “condition, appearance, clothing”.
Pronunciation
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Noun
editSonntagsstaat m (strong, genitive Sonntagsstaates or Sonntagsstaats, no plural)
- Sunday best (a person’s finest clothes, particularly those worn to church on Sunday)