Kristillisdemokraatit
See also: kristillisdemokraatit
Finnish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
kristillinen (“Christian”) + demokraatti (“democrat”), calque of German Christdemokrat
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈkristilːisˌdemokrɑːtit/, [ˈkris̠tilːis̠ˌde̞mo̞kˌrɑ̝ːt̪it̪]
- Rhymes: -ɑːtit
- Syllabification(key): Kris‧til‧lis‧de‧mok‧raa‧tit
Proper noun edit
Kristillisdemokraatit pl
- The Christian Democrats (political party in many countries, especially in Europe and Latin America)
- Ellipsis of Suomen Kristillisdemokraatit, a Christian Democratic party in Finland.
Usage notes edit
- The verb connected to this term is usually in plural but may be in singular when referring to the Christian Democratic party as a formal entity:
- Kristillisdemokraatit vaatii uudistuksia. (verb in singular: refers to the accepted, official stand of the party)
- The Christian Democrats demand reforms.
- Kristillisdemokraatit äänestivät lakiesitystä vastaan. (verb in plural: refers to the representatives of the party)
- The Christian Democrats; voted against the proposed law.
- For the practices regarding capitalization, see the usage note under kokoomus.
Declension edit
Inflection of Kristillisdemokraatit (Kotus type 5*C/risti, tt-t gradation) | ||||
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nominative | — | Kristillisdemokraatit | ||
genitive | — | Kristillisdemokraattien | ||
partitive | — | Kristillisdemokraatteja | ||
illative | — | Kristillisdemokraatteihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | — | Kristillisdemokraatit | ||
accusative | nom. | — | Kristillisdemokraatit | |
gen. | — | |||
genitive | — | Kristillisdemokraattien | ||
partitive | — | Kristillisdemokraatteja | ||
inessive | — | Kristillisdemokraateissa | ||
elative | — | Kristillisdemokraateista | ||
illative | — | Kristillisdemokraatteihin | ||
adessive | — | Kristillisdemokraateilla | ||
ablative | — | Kristillisdemokraateilta | ||
allative | — | Kristillisdemokraateille | ||
essive | — | Kristillisdemokraatteina | ||
translative | — | Kristillisdemokraateiksi | ||
abessive | — | Kristillisdemokraateitta | ||
instructive | — | Kristillisdemokraatein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms edit
- KD (abbreviation)