Jump to content

Verhältniswahl

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

German

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From Verhältnis +‎ Wahl.

Pronunciation

[edit]
  • IPA(key): /fɛɐ̯ˈhɛltnɪsˌvaːl/
  • Hyphenation: Ver‧hält‧nis‧wahl

Noun

[edit]

Verhältniswahl f (genitive Verhältniswahl, plural Verhältniswahlen)

  1. a vote held (to elect members to a multiple-member body) using a system of proportional representation, for which parties field groups of candidates (typically as lists), and following which parties receive a portion of seats which closely matches the portion of votes they received
    Synonym: Proporzwahl
    Antonyms: Mehrheitswahl, Majorzwahl

Declension

[edit]
[edit]

See also

[edit]

Further reading

[edit]