German

Noun

Nachbarschaft f ‎(genitive Nachbarschaft, plural Nachbarschaften)

1. neighbourhood

   Gibt es hier viele Hunde in der Nachbarschaft?

   Are there many dogs in the neighbourhood?

2. neighbourship

   Gute Nachbarschaft ist mir wichtig.

   Good neighbourship is important to me.

3. proximity

   Die Fabriken liegen in unmittelbarer Nachbarschaft zu einem Naturschutzgebiet.

   The factories are in the immediate proximity of a nature sanctuary.

Usage notes

• (neighbourhood): The German word is not commonly used to mean a part of a town or city (for which see Viertel, Gegend). One’s Nachbarschaft are just the houses, or streets at most, that are closest to one’s own dwelling.

Declension

Derived terms

• Nachbarschaftsduell
• Nachbarschaftsstreit