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[[Germany]] is made up o saxteen {{lang|de|'''Länder'''}} (singular {{lang|de|Land}}, colloquially (but rarely in a legal context) cried {{lang|de|'''Bundesland'''}}, fae "[[federatit state]]") which are pairtly sovereign constituent states o the Federal Republic o Germany. ''Land'' literally translates as "kintra", an constitutionally speakin, thay are [[constituent kintra]]s. Aften referred tae in Inglis an Scots bi German speakers as "[[State (admeenistrative diveesion)|states]]", the term "Land" (wi an uppercase 'L') is uised in the offeecial Inglis version o the [[Basic Law for the Federal Republic o Germany|Basic Law]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.btg-bestellservice.de/pdf/80201000.pdf |title=Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany |author=[[Christian Tomuschat]], [[David P. Currie]] |publisher=[[Deutscher Bundestag|Deutscher Bundestag Public Relations Division]] |date=April 2010 |accessdate=15 October 2010}}</ref> an in UK parliamentary proceedings.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=1991-02-28a.1145.0&s=%22german+land+of%22#g1203.1 |title=House of Commons debates (Welsh affairs) |author=[[House of Commons of the United Kingdom]] |publisher=[[UK parliament]] |date=28 February 1991 |accessdate=19 April 2011}}</ref> Housomeivver, it is whiles translatit as "federal states" in ither publications.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bundesregierung.de/nsc_true/Content/DE/__Anlagen/2006-2007/perspektives-for-germany-langfassung,property=publicationFile.pdf/perspektives-for-germany-langfassung |title=Perspectives for Germany: Our Strategy for Sustainable Development |year=2002 |publisher=The Press and Information Office of the Federal Government |date=April 2010 |accessdate=15 October 2010 |archive-date=2011-09-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110926232312/http://www.bundesregierung.de/nsc_true/Content/DE/__Anlagen/2006-2007/perspektives-for-germany-langfassung,property=publicationFile.pdf/perspektives-for-germany-langfassung |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Awtho the term ''Land'' applees tae aw states, some are an aw describit as "states" in German. Each o the states o [[Bavarie]], [[Saxony]], an [[Thuringie]] offeecially describes itsel as a "state" (''Staat'') an mair specifically as a "free state" (''Freistaat''). [[Berlin]], [[Hamburgh]] an [[Bremen (state)|Bremen]] are frequently cried {{lang|de|Stadtstaaten}} ([[city-state]]s).

The remainin 13 states are cried {{lang|de|Flächenländer}} (literally: aurie kintras).

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