adjective
national
B1
National: adjective meaning 'belonging to a nation' and 'domestic' or 'state-wide'. It is gradable (comparative nationaler, superlative am nationalsten). Antonym: international. No special prepositions, not a participle. Regular adjective patterns; used before nouns and inflects by case, gender and number.
Examples
Die nationale Regierung hat neue Regelungen angekündigt.
The national government has announced new regulations.
Die Partei forderte nationale Lösungen, obwohl viele Experten eine bessere Zusammenarbeit mit anderen Ländern empfahlen.
The party demanded national solutions, although many experts recommended better cooperation with other countries.
Details
Mnemonics
Picture a flag representing a whole nation to remember 'national'
similar to English 'national' — same root
Notes
Used to describe something that pertains to the nation as a whole. Can appear in compounds (e.g., 'nationalistisch') and in adverbial forms with context.