Landsmannschaft

German

Etymology

Landsmann (fellow countryman) + -schaft

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlan(t)s.manˌʃaft/
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Noun

Landsmannschaft f (genitive Landsmannschaft, plural Landsmannschaften)

  1. an association or club of people from the same region (or country) living elsewhere
    1. a student’s association of such kind (many of which exist in traditional university cities in German-speaking Europe)
      Das Corps Guestphalia ist eine westfälische Landsmannschaft in Bonn.
      The Corps Guestphalia is a Westphalian student’s association in Bonn.
    2. (politics) an association representing expelled populations from Germany’s former eastern territories
      die Landsmannschaft der Oberschlesier, die Sudetendeutsche Landsmannschaft
      Homeland Association of Upper Silesians, Sudeten German Homeland Association

Declension

Synonyms

  • (association representing expelled populations): Vertriebenenverband

Derived terms

  • landsmannschaftlich

Further reading

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