Polyglot Dictionary

Nation

/naˈtsi̯oːn/

die 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 Nationen

Meaning

  1. nation

    • Die Nation trauert.

      The nation mourns.

N Category Place Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

volk

Volk is more about "the people," an ethnic or cultural group; Nation is more about the political state entity.

Similar in other languages

French

nation

nation is the French word for the same thing — both mean "nation."

Portuguese

nação

nação is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "nation."

Practice

1 What does Nation mean?

2 Fill the gap: Die ___ trauert.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Nation?

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