Nation

See also: nation and nâtion

English

Etymology

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Proper noun

Nation (plural Nations)

1. A surname.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Nation”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 652.
• Forebears

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin nātiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /na.ˈt͡si̯oːn/

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Noun

Nation f (genitive Nation, plural Nationen)

1. nation (community of people)

   Synonym: Volk

2. nation (a sovereign state)

Declension

Declension of Nation [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Nation	die	Nationen
genitive	einer	der	Nation	der	Nationen
dative	einer	der	Nation	den	Nationen
accusative	eine	die	Nation	die	Nationen

Derived terms

• national
• Kulturnation
• Staatsnation
• Vereinte Nationen

Further reading

• “Nation” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Nation” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Nation” in Duden online
• Nation on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• Prowe, Gunhild with Schneider, Jill (1995) The Oxford Paperback German Dictionary & Grammar, New York: Oxford University Press, page page 163