Oblast

See also: oblast, óblast, and oblasť

German

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Russian область (oblastʹ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.blast/, /ˈɔp.last/, /ˈoː.blast/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

Oblast f (genitive Oblast, plural Oblaste or Oblasten) or Oblast m (strong, genitive Oblastes or Oblasts, plural Oblaste or Oblasts)

1. oblast (administrative unit in a Slavic country)

Declension

Declension of Oblast [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Oblast	die	Oblaste, Oblasten
genitive	einer	der	Oblast	der	Oblaste, Oblasten
dative	einer	der	Oblast	den	Oblasten
accusative	eine	die	Oblast	die	Oblaste, Oblasten

Declension of Oblast [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Oblast	die	Oblaste, Oblasts
genitive	eines	des	Oblastes, Oblasts	der	Oblaste, Oblasts
dative	einem	dem	Oblast, Oblaste1	den	Oblasten, Oblasts
accusative	einen	den	Oblast	die	Oblaste, Oblasts

¹Now rare, see notes.

See also

• Woiwodschaft

Etymology 2

From ob- +‎ Last, which was formerly also construed as masculine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔp.last/, /ˈoːp.last/

Noun

Oblast m (strong, genitive Oblastes or Oblasts, no plural)

1. freight, especially wood, on a raft

Noun

Oblast f (genitive Oblast, plural Oblasten)

1. (obsolete) a burden, tax, obligation imposed on someone

Further reading

• “Oblast” in Duden online
• “Oblast”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)