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Länder (Singular
Land) refers to one or any of:
- Colloquially used for States of Austria
Austria is a federal republic made up of nine states, known in German as Länder . Since Land is also the German word for a sovereign state, the term Bundesländer is often used instead to avoid ambiguity. The Constitution of Austria uses both terms...
, the technically correct German language name for the federal states of Austria is Bundesländer, which is hardly used in Austria.
- Official (plural) title for the various Federal States of Germany
Germany is a Federal Republic consisting of sixteen states, known in German as . Since is also the German word for "country", the term is commonly used colloquially, as it is more specific, though technically incorrect within the corpus of German law.The citizens of the states form the nation...
under the German constitution, the Grundgesetz,
which explicitly names the states simply as 'Land' (plural 'Länder'), but which contrarily, colloquially are frequently referred to as Bundesländer.