Wiktionary

Spitzenkandidat

German

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Etymology

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From Spitze (“top”) +‎ -n- +‎ Kandidat (“candidate”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʃpɪt͡sn̩kandiˌdaːt/
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Noun

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Spitzenkandidat m (weak, genitive Spitzenkandidaten, plural Spitzenkandidaten, feminine Spitzenkandidatin)

  1. (politics) the first candidate on an electoral list, who is often the leader of the respective political party, or the person designated to lead the government in the event of the party winning the election

Declension

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Declension of Spitzenkandidat [masculine, weak]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Spitzenkandidat die Spitzenkandidaten
genitive eines des Spitzenkandidaten der Spitzenkandidaten
dative einem dem Spitzenkandidaten den Spitzenkandidaten
accusative einen den Spitzenkandidaten die Spitzenkandidaten
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Further reading

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