No. 8,215 in German
italien
"Italien" in German means "Italy" in English.
In a sentence
Ich träume davon, Italien zu besuchen.
I dream of visiting Italy.
In this sentence, 'Italien' is used as a noun to refer to the country of Italy.
Eine italienische Pizza schmeckt besonders gut.
An Italian pizza tastes especially good.
Here, 'italienische' is used as an adjective derived from 'Italien' to describe the type of pizza being Italian.
Wir hörten Lieder aus Italien.
We listened to songs from Italy.
The term 'Italien' again refers to the country, used in the context of origin of the songs.
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