Meaning

2 senses
  1. The official song of a nation or sovereign state, generally of a patriotic nature and played at events to celebrate or honor said state.

  2. (nonstandard)The official song of a constituent state of a country.

    The national anthem of Wales

    The national anthem of the Russian SFSR

    Nationalhymne

    госуда́рственный гимнgosudárstvennyj gimn

    держа́вний гімнderžávnyj himn

More definitions
  • a song formally adopted as the anthem for a nation

Examples

65 sentences
  1. The concert concluded with the national anthem.

    Концерт завершився національним гімном. — deniko

    ruКонцерт завершился государственным гимном. — soweli_Elepanto

    deDas Konzert endete mit der Nationalhymne. — stupiddog

  2. I was chosen to sing the national anthem.

  3. We all stood and sang the national anthem.

  4. Tom's children are trying to memorize the words to the national anthem.

    deToms Kinder lernen den Text der Nationalhymne auswendig. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. We rose from our seats when the national anthem was played.

    ruМы встали со своих мест, когда заиграл национальный гимн. — odexed

    deWir standen auf, als die Nationalhymne gespielt wurde. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
national song of a country:
Русский
By meaning 1
national song of a country:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
national song of a country:

Forms

plural: national anthems
Singularnational anthem
Pluralnational anthems

regular

See also

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