# die Hinterlassenschaft

die Hinterlassenschaft is a German noun meaning “estate”. Forms: der Hinterlassenschaft, die Hinterlassenschaften.

## Forms

- Genitive: der Hinterlassenschaft
- Plural: die Hinterlassenschaften

## In other languages

- Русский: наследство, наследие

## Meanings

1. _Austrian_ estate (of inheritance)
2. _in the plural_ heritage (artefacts or sometimes cultural creations left for posterity)
3. _colloquial · in the plural_ something left behind and not cleared away, such as bottles and glasses after a party
4. _colloquial · euphemistic_ feces

## Examples

- Archäologie ist die Wissenschaft, die die Hinterlassenschaften menschlicher Zivilisation untersucht. — Archeology is the science that studies the remnants of human civilization.

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