national

From Middle French national; see nation.

• IPA^(key): /ˈnæʃ(ə)nəl/

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national (comparative more national, superlative most national)

1. Of or having to do with a nation.
2. (by extension) Of or having to do with a country (sovereign state).

   Import tariffs were raised for the national interest.

See nation for notes regarding the usage of national to refer to the UK and its member states.

national (plural nationals)

1. A subject of a nation.

   The diplomats were advised not to interact with any foreign nationals except on official duty.

2. (usually in the plural) A tournament in which participants from all over the nation compete.

   After winning the regional tournament, the team advanced to the nationals.

• national in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• national in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

• nataloin, notalian

national

1. national

• international

• “national” in Den Danske Ordbog

nation +‎ -al; cf. New Latin nationalis.

• IPA^(key): /na.sjɔ.nal/

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national (feminine singular nationale, masculine plural nationaux, feminine plural nationales)

1. national

• international
• supranational

• “national” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Derived from Nation (“nation”) under the influence of French national.

• IPA^(key): /ˌnatsi̯oˈnaːl/, [ˌna.tsjoˈnaːl], /ˈnatsi̯oˌnaːl/, [ˈna.tsjoˌnaːl]

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• Rhymes: -aːl

national (comparative nationaler, superlative am nationalsten)

1. national (being part of the national identity)

   eine nationale Tradition — a national tradition

   die nationale Sprache (≈ die Nationalsprache) — the national language

   nationale Eigenarten — national characteristics

2. national (of importance for, or to the benefit of the nation as a whole)

   nationale Belange — national interests

   eine nationale Katastrophe — a national catastrophe

   der nationale Dialog — the national dialogue

3. nationwide, national (covering a country, as opposed to regional and international levels; see usage note below)

   nationale Parlamente (≈ Nationalparlamente) — national parliaments

   auf nationaler Ebene — on the national level

   die nationale Gesetzgebung — national legislation

4. (moderately) nationalist

   das nationale Lager — the nationalist camp

   Sozialismus nationaler Prägung — socialism with a nationalist imprint

• The comparative forms are infrequent.
• German national in the sense of “nationwide” occurs chiefly in a political context, as in the examples above. Its use in other contexts is most often modelled on English usage: ein nationaler Gesangswettbewerb — a national singing competition. The more idiomatic German word is landesweit: ein landesweiter Gesangswettbewerb.

• Nationalismus
• Nationalität
• Nationalfeiertag
• Nationalmannschaft
• Nationalmeisterschaft
• Nationalsozialismus
• Nationalspieler

• national in Duden online