Hinterlassenschaft
German
editEtymology
edithinterlassen (“to leave behind; to bequeath”) -schaft
Pronunciation
editNoun
editHinterlassenschaft f (genitive Hinterlassenschaft, plural Hinterlassenschaften)
- (Austrian law) estate (of inheritance)
- (often in the plural) heritage (artefacts or sometimes cultural creations left for posterity)
- (often in the plural, colloquial) something left behind and not cleared away, such as bottles and glasses after a party
- (colloquial, euphemistic) feces
Declension
editDeclension of Hinterlassenschaft [feminine]
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | eine | die | Hinterlassenschaft | die | Hinterlassenschaften |
genitive | einer | der | Hinterlassenschaft | der | Hinterlassenschaften |
dative | einer | der | Hinterlassenschaft | den | Hinterlassenschaften |
accusative | eine | die | Hinterlassenschaft | die | Hinterlassenschaften |
Further reading
edit- “Hinterlassenschaft” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Hinterlassenschaft” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon