Landeskunde

German

Etymology

From Land +‎ -es- +‎ -kunde.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlandəsˌkʊndə]
  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)
  • Hyphenation: Lan‧des‧kun‧de

Noun

Landeskunde f (genitive Landeskunde, no plural)

  1. study of history and/or geography of a country, regional studies
    Hypernyms: Forschung, Wissenschaft

Declension

See also

  • Heimatkunde f (for studies of a narrower region, e.g. a local area)

Derived terms

  • landeskundig
  • landeskundlich

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