# der Sonntagsstaat

der Sonntagsstaat is a German noun meaning “Sunday best”. Forms: des Sonntagsstaates.

## Forms

- Genitive: des Sonntagsstaates

## Meanings

1. _no plural_ Sunday best (a person’s finest clothes, particularly those worn to church on Sunday)

## Examples

- Ich sah ihn durch die Stadt spazieren, wobei er seinen Sonntagsstaat trug. — I saw him walking around town wearing his Sunday best.

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