Landstrich

German

Etymology

17th century, from Land (“land”) +‎ Strich (“stroke, stretch”). Compare Dutch streek (“region”).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Noun

Landstrich m (strong, genitive Landstrichs or Landstriches, plural Landstriche)

1. area, district, landscape (geographical region of lesser size, typically sparsely inhabitated)
   • 2010, Der Spiegel‎, number 46/2010, page 94:

     In der nordkanadischen Wildnis, nahe dem Großen Sklavensee, liegt ein Landstrich, den die Ureinwohner Nechalacho nennen.

     In the northern Canadian wilderness, close to the Great Slave Lake, there is an area that the native inhabitants call Nechalacho.

Declension

Declension of Landstrich [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Landstrich	die	Landstriche
genitive	eines	des	Landstrichs, Landstriches	der	Landstriche
dative	einem	dem	Landstrich, Landstriche1	den	Landstrichen
accusative	einen	den	Landstrich	die	Landstriche

¹Now rare, see notes.

Further reading

• “Landstrich” in Duden online
• “Landstrich” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache