Konföderation

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German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

16th century, borrowed from Latin cōnfoederātio.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˌkɔnfødeʁaˈt͡si̯oːn]
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Noun[edit]

Konföderation f (genitive Konföderation, plural Konföderationen)

  1. confederation, confederacy (a union or alliance of (largely) self-governing political entities, such as sovereign states or countries)
    Synonyms: Eidgenossenschaft, Staatenbund, Staatenbündnis

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “Konföderation”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN

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