Hinterlassenschaft
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German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]hinterlassen (“to leave behind; to bequeath”) + -schaft
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Hinterlassenschaft f (genitive Hinterlassenschaft, plural Hinterlassenschaften)
- (Austrian law) estate (of inheritance)
- (often in the plural) heritage (artefacts or sometimes cultural creations left for posterity)
- (often in the plural, colloquial) something left behind and not cleared away, such as bottles and glasses after a party
- (colloquial, euphemistic) feces
Declension
[edit]Declension of Hinterlassenschaft [feminine]
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | eine | die | Hinterlassenschaft | die | Hinterlassenschaften |
| genitive | einer | der | Hinterlassenschaft | der | Hinterlassenschaften |
| dative | einer | der | Hinterlassenschaft | den | Hinterlassenschaften |
| accusative | eine | die | Hinterlassenschaft | die | Hinterlassenschaften |
Further reading
[edit]- “Hinterlassenschaft” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Hinterlassenschaft” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon