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English: State Capital v/s National Capital

German translation: Landeshauptstadt(Hauptstadt des Bundesstaats)/Bundeshauptstadt







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English term or phrase:State Capital v/s National Capital
German translation:Landeshauptstadt(Hauptstadt des Bundesstaats)/Bundeshauptstadt
Entered by:Savita Bhalla
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Social Sciences - Geography
English term or phrase: State Capital v/s National Capital
How to differentiate between State Capital and National Capital?
......coz i think both are Hauptstadt. I know we can add the name of the state or country to be specific. But are there no two different words for them.

For eg.
Washington DC is the national capital of USA.
Austin is a State Capital in USA (of the state Texas).

I had also seen Landeshauptstadt (for State Capital) ....but thats only in financial context.
Savita Bhalla
India
Clarification request(s) and response
Savita Bhalla: 10:04am Mar 23, 2006: I doubt that Bundeshauptstadt - Als Bundeshauptstadt bezeichnet man die Hauptstadt eines Bundesstaates.

Das Wort Bundesstaat bezeichnet im politischen System der USA deren Bundesstaaten

Ein US-Bundesstaat ist einer der (derzeit) 50 Bundesstaaten, die mit dem District of Columbia die Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika bilden.

Source: Wikipedia
xxxFrancis Lee: 10:08am Mar 23, 2006: What's your context here, anyway? -
Nicole Schnell: 10:22am Mar 23, 2006: Sorry, Savita - the Bundeshauptstadt governs all the Bundesstaaten. (See: federation). -

Landeshauptstadt/Bundeshauptstadt
Explanation:


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Although D.C. would normally just be referred to as "Hauptstadt"

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or "Regierungssitz"

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http://www.brockhaus.de/brockhaus-suche/index_werke.php?rd=/...

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Natürlich sind das an sich "Bundesstaaten", aber "Landeshauptstadt" ist ein gängiger Ausdruck:
"Der neue Gouverneur von Kalifornien heißt Arnold Schwarzenegger. Das gab die Wahlkommission in der Landeshauptstadt Sacramento am Freitag"
http://www.rp-online.de/public/article/homepage/26890
Selected response from:

xxxFrancis Lee
Germany
Note from asker to answerer
Well! I agree with both the solutions but I wanted a one-word answer.
Thanks Francis :)
Sorry Nicole :(. I wish I could divide the points , aber leider :(......Thanks anyways :)
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4 +1s.u.
Nicole Schnell
3Landeshauptstadt/BundeshauptstadtxxxFrancis Lee


  


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26 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
s.u.

Explanation:
Washington DC ist die Bundeshauptstadt und Regierungssitz der Vereinigten Staaten.

Austin ist die Hauptstadt des Bundesstaats Texas.

Der Distrikt Washington D.C (District of Columbia) hat eine Sonderstellung und gehört keinem Staat an.

Nicole Schnell
United States
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree Brie Vernier: Both of these work, too, and I prefer "Hauptstadt des Bundesstaates", but Francis' answer is also used For Bundeshauptstadt see e.g. http://www.bpb.de/themen/YQ3NZC,0,USA.html
52 mins
  -> Thanks, Brie! It's tax time, the annual reminder of how this government system works (federal, state AND county) so I don't see any reason why to omit one level
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Landeshauptstadt/Bundeshauptstadt

Explanation:


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Note added at 8 mins (2006-03-23 09:28:08 GMT)
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Although D.C. would normally just be referred to as "Hauptstadt"

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Note added at 10 mins (2006-03-23 09:29:55 GMT)
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or "Regierungssitz"

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Note added at 13 mins (2006-03-23 09:33:38 GMT)
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http://www.brockhaus.de/brockhaus-suche/index_werke.php?rd=/...

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Note added at 38 mins (2006-03-23 09:58:18 GMT)
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Natürlich sind das an sich "Bundesstaaten", aber "Landeshauptstadt" ist ein gängiger Ausdruck:
"Der neue Gouverneur von Kalifornien heißt Arnold Schwarzenegger. Das gab die Wahlkommission in der Landeshauptstadt Sacramento am Freitag"
http://www.rp-online.de/public/article/homepage/26890

xxxFrancis Lee
Germany
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Note from asker to answerer
Well! I agree with both the solutions but I wanted a one-word answer.
Thanks Francis :)
Sorry Nicole :(. I wish I could divide the points , aber leider :(......Thanks anyways :)

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree Nicole Schnell: Länder?//It's tricky. Each state consists of several counties with their own governments. Found a lot of adventurous translations, esp. in travel guides.
23 mins
  -> Tried Googling Sacramento + Landeshauptstadt? Like it or not, the German media say it.

agree Brie Vernier: I don't like it, either, but it does appear to be common -- I tried some "lesser known" capitals: http://parapluie.de/archiv/theater/sparta/ and http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois
1 hr
  -> ta - I primarily suggested it because "Hauptstadt des/eines Bundesstaats" is rather long-winded
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