Großbritannien

German

Alternative forms

• Grossbritannien (Switzerland and Liechtenstein)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɡʁoːs.bʁɪˈtan.jən/

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Proper noun

Großbritannien n (proper noun, genitive Großbritanniens or (optionally with an article) Großbritannien)

1. Great Britain (a large island (sometimes also including some of the surrounding smaller islands) off the north-west coast of Western Europe, made up of England, Scotland, and Wales)
2. (loosely) Great Britain (the United Kingdom, a kingdom and country in Northern Europe including the island of Great Britain as well as Northern Ireland on the northeastern portion of the island of Ireland)

Declension

Declension of Großbritannien [sg-only, neuter, toponym]

	singular
	def.	noun
nominative	das	Großbritannien
genitive	des	Großbritanniens, Großbritannien1
dative	dem	Großbritannien
accusative	das	Großbritannien

¹Optionally with an article.

Synonyms

• England (somewhat informal)

Related terms

• Britannien
• Brite
• britisch
• großbritannisch
• Großbrite (rare)
• Kleinbritannien (“Bretagne, Brittany”)

See also

• Vereinigtes Königreich