Polyglot Dictionary

Bundesstaat

/ˈbʊndəsˌʃtaːt/

der noun B2

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Bundesstaaten

Meaning

  1. federal state

    Built from Bund (federation) + Staat (state).

    • Texas ist ein Bundesstaat der USA.

      Texas is a state of the USA.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Bund federation
  • Staat state

Similar words

Bundesland

Bundesland is specifically the term for a German or Austrian federal state; Bundesstaat is more general, often used for OTHER countries' federal states, like a US state.

Practice

1 What does Bundesstaat mean?

2 Fill the gap: Texas ist ein ___ der USA.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Bundesstaat?

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