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Eidgenossenschaft

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German

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Etymology

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From Eidgenosse +‎ -n- +‎ -schaft.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈaɪ̯tɡəˌnɔsənʃaft/
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Proper noun

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die Eidgenossenschaft f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Eidgenossenschaft)

  1. Short for Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft: the Swiss Confederation

Noun

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Eidgenossenschaft f (genitive Eidgenossenschaft, plural Eidgenossenschaften)

  1. (in other contexts rare, poetic, archaic) confederation, confederacy
    Synonyms: Bund, Bündnis, Konföderation

Declension

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Further reading

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