Kleinstaaterei
German, noun/ˌklaɪ̯nʃtaːtəˈʁaɪ̯/
Kleinstaaterei is spelled K-L-E-I-N-S-T-A-A-T-E-R-E-I (14 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 105,614th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kleinstaaterei is a German feminine noun meaning “political fragmentation of a country into many small polities with a large degree of autonomy, often in relation to the Holy Roman Empire…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Existenz zahlreicher einzelner Staaten geringer Fläche in einem Gebiet”.
What does Kleinstaaterei mean in English?
noun
- 1
derogatoryfemininepolitical fragmentation of a country into many small polities with a large degree of autonomy, often in relation to the Holy Roman Empire or modern German federalism
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Existenz zahlreicher einzelner Staaten geringer Fläche in einem Gebiet
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce Kleinstaaterei?
- /ˌklaɪ̯nʃtaːtəˈʁaɪ̯/
- [ˌklaɪ̯nʃtaːtəˈʁaɪ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Kleinstaaterei in German?
Kleinstaaterei appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).