Kleinstaaterei

German

Etymology

Kleinstaat +‎ -erei

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌklaɪ̯nʃtaːtəˈʁaɪ̯/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -aɪ̯

Noun

Kleinstaaterei f (genitive Kleinstaaterei, no plural)

(politics, derogatory) political fragmentation of a country into many small polities with a large degree of autonomy, often in relation to the Holy Roman Empire or modern German federalism

Declension

Declension of Kleinstaaterei [sg-only, feminine]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Kleinstaaterei
genitive	einer	der	Kleinstaaterei
dative	einer	der	Kleinstaaterei
accusative	eine	die	Kleinstaaterei

Further reading

“Kleinstaaterei” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“Kleinstaaterei” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

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