German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German partīe, from Old French partie. Cognate with English party, Italian partita.[1] Doublet of Partie and Party.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /parˈtaɪ̯/, [paʁˈtaɪ̯], [pa(ɐ̯)ˈtaɪ̯]
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  • Rhymes: -aɪ̯

Noun

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Partei f (genitive Partei, plural Parteien)

  1. (politics) political party
  2. (law) party (person, company, or institution) participating in a legal action or contract

Declension

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Hyponyms

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(politics):

Derived terms

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Compound nouns beginning with Partei-
Compound nouns ending with -partei

Proper noun

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die Partei f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Partei)

  1. A party in a given one-party system, especially
    1. the NSDAP of Nazi Germany
    2. the SED of East Germany
    Mein Opa war in der Partei.
    My Grandad was a Party member.

Derived terms

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  • PARTEI (contemporary mock party)

References

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  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Partei”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Further reading

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  • Partei” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Partei” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • Partei” in Duden online