Nachbarschaft
German
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editNachbarschaft f (genitive Nachbarschaft, plural Nachbarschaften)
- neighbourhood
- Gibt es hier viele Hunde in der Nachbarschaft?
- Are there many dogs in the neighbourhood?
- neighbourship
- Gute Nachbarschaft ist mir wichtig.
- Good neighbourship is important to me.
- proximity
- Die Fabriken liegen in unmittelbarer Nachbarschaft zu einem Naturschutzgebiet.
- The factories are in the immediate proximity of a nature sanctuary.
Usage notes
edit- (neighbourhood): The German word is not commonly used to mean a part of a town or city (for which see Viertel, Gegend). One’s Nachbarschaft are just the houses, or streets at most, that are closest to one’s own dwelling.
Declension
editDeclension of Nachbarschaft [feminine]
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “Nachbarschaft” in Duden online
- “Nachbarschaft” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache