In empirical scholarship, measurement scales for both nationalism and patriotism built on pride-item-batteries are broadly established. Despite their widespread usage, they are marked by several empirical shortcomings. Pride, so the tenor of criticism, is a highly ambiguous and therefore problematic concept when measuring national attitudes. However, systematically developing and testing new indicators has received considerably little attention in previous scholarship. The merit of this contribution lies in filling this gap by presenting new measurement instruments for both patriotism and nationalism. In contrast to the prevailing research tradition, these measures do not adhere to the contested pride-item-concept and seek to properly tap the complexity of both nationalism and patriotism. Elements that have largely been missing in the previous approach such as the divergent primary objects of allegiance both kinds of national attitude are defined by are explicitly taken into account. Based on an online survey in Germany starting in autumn 2020, the new items are evaluated by conducting an exploratory factor analysis (EFA) as well as a confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). The paper thus provides a new approach that better reflects these national attitudes currently dominating the political landscape in Europe but also in other Western countries.