heilstaat
Appearance
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compound of heil (“prosperity”) + staat (“state”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]heilstaat m (plural heilstaten, diminutive heilstaatje n)
- (countable) an ideal state, a utopia, in particular a socialist utopia
- 1984, Harrie Jekkers, "Over de muur", Klein Orkest, Later is al lang begonnen.
- Maar wat is nou die heilstaat als er muren omheen staan? Als je bang en voorzichtig met je mening moet omgaan? ― But what's that ideal state when it's surrounded by walls? If you must handle your opinion fearfully and carefully?
- 1984, Harrie Jekkers, "Over de muur", Klein Orkest, Later is al lang begonnen.
- (archaic, theology, Christianity, uncountable) the state of salvation