Spitzenkandidat

German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃpɪt͡sn̩kandiˌdaːt/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

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

1. (politics) lead candidate (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

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

Related terms

• Spitzenkandidatur

Further reading

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