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.

Pronunciation

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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.