Usage Note
Bundesland is one of the sixteen constituent states of Germany (Bavaria, Saxony, etc.), built on Bund ('federation'). Watch the irregular plural Bundesländer, and note the prefix Bundes- tags many federal institutions like Bundestag and Bundeskanzler.
Examples
"Bayern ist das größte Bundesland."
Natural Translation
Bavaria is the largest federal state.
Related Words
- Abgeordnetenhaus house of deputies
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- Aktenvermerk file note; internal memorandum recorded in an administrative case file
- Aktenzeichen file reference number
- Allparteienkoalition all-party coalition; government formed by all parliamentary parties
- Amt office
- Amtliche Beglaubigung official certification; authentication of a document by a public authority
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