Bundesstaat
noun
Bun·des·staat
-dəs(h)ˌshtät,
G -täät
plural -s
: a federated state : federation sense 2a —contrasted with Staatenbund
Word History
Etymology
German, from bundes (genitive of bund) + staat state, from Middle High German stat condition, from Latin status condition, position
- state bank
- state bird
- state capitalism
- state church
- state college
- state crown
- State Department
- state flower
- state guard
- state holiday
- state of aggregation
- state of mind
- state of preservation
- state of the art
- State of the Union address
- state of undress
- state of war
- state park
- state police
- state prisoner
- state religion
- state socialism
- state socialist
- state terrorism
- state the obvious