Parteienstaat

German

Etymology

From Partei (“party”) +‎ Staat (“state”), perhaps in part after Einparteienstaat (“one-party system”); implying that, while the parties are several, there is still a comparable lack of democracy.

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Noun

Parteienstaat m (mixed, genitive Parteienstaats or Parteienstaates, plural Parteienstaaten)

  1. partocracy (a state where several political parties share the political power without properly representing the will of the people; often said of the Federal Republic of Germany)

Declension
Declension of Parteienstaat [masculine, mixed]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Parteienstaat die Parteienstaaten
genitive eines des Parteienstaats, Parteienstaates der Parteienstaaten
dative einem dem Parteienstaat, Parteienstaate1 den Parteienstaaten
accusative einen den Parteienstaat die Parteienstaaten

1Now rare, see notes.

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