Kleinstaat
German, noun/ˈklaɪ̯nˌʃtaːt/
Kleinstaat is spelled K-L-E-I-N-S-T-A-A-T (10 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 123,622nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kleinstaat is a German masculine noun meaning “microstate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Staat mit vergleichsweise kleinem Staatsgebiet”.
What does Kleinstaat mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemicrostate
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Staat mit vergleichsweise kleinem Staatsgebiet
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Kleinstaat
- Kleinstaates genitive
- Kleinstaats genitive
- Kleinstaaten plural
- Kleinstaate dative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kleinstaat?
- /ˈklaɪ̯nˌʃtaːt/
- [ˈklaɪ̯nˌʃtaːt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Kleinstaat in German?
Kleinstaat appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).