# der Landsmann

der Landsmann is a German noun meaning “national”. Forms: des Landsmannes, die Landsleute.

## Forms

- Genitive: des Landsmannes
- Plural: die Landsleute

## In other languages

- Русский: земляк, землячка, соотечественник
- Українська: земляк, співвітчизник

## Meanings

1. a (male) national; one who comes from some country or region
   - Siehst du das ausländische Auto da? Was ist denn das für ein Landsmann? — Do you see that foreign car? What country are they from?
2. a (male) compatriot; a fellow countryman; one who comes from the same country or region as another
   - Der Oppositionsführer hat seine Landsleute zum Widerstand aufgerufen. — The opposition leader has called his compatriots to resistance.
3. compatriot
   - Er war französischer Landsmann.

## Examples

- Wir sind Landsleute. — We're fellow countrymen.

---
Sources: Meanings and forms from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).
URL: https://wordwide.space/de-en/wort/Landsmann