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Landsmannschaft
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German
Etymology
de :af Landsmann<t:fellow countryman> -schaft
From de Landsmann fellow countryman -schaft.
Pronunciation
de /ˈlan(t)s.manˌʃaft/
de De-Landsmannschaft.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
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an association or club of people from the same region or country living elsewhere
a students' association of such kind (many of which exist in traditional university cities in German-speaking Europe)
de Das de Corps Guestphalia Bonn Corps Guestphalia ist eine westfälische Landsmannschaft in Bonn. The Corps Guestphalia is a Westphalian students' association in Bonn.
de politics an association in Germany of Expulsion of Germans after World War II Germans expelled from Germany's former eastern territories
de de Landsmannschaft der Oberschlesier Homeland Association of Upper Silesians
de de Sudetendeutsche Landsmannschaft Sudetendeutsche Landsmannschaft Sudeten German Homeland Association
de de Landsmannschaft der Deutschen aus Russland Landsmannschaft der Deutschen aus Russland Homeland Association of Germans from Russia
Declension
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Synonyms
association representing expelled populations de Vertriebenenverband
Derived terms
de landsmannschaftlich
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