Konföderation

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German

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Etymology

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16th century, borrowed from Latin cōnfoederātio.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˌkɔnfødeʁaˈt͡si̯oːn]
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Noun

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Konföderation f (genitive Konföderation, plural Konföderationen)

  1. confederation, confederacy (a union or alliance of (largely) self-governing political entities, such as sovereign states or countries)
    Synonyms: Eidgenossenschaft, Staatenbund, Staatenbündnis

Declension

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “Konföderation”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN

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