Veto

See also: veto, vetó, véto, vétó, věto, vető, and vétő

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vetō (“to forbid”) (18th century).

Pronunciation

•  IPA^(key): [ˈveːto]

• Audio:

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Noun

Veto n (strong, genitive Vetos, plural Vetos)

1. veto

Declension

Declension of Veto [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Veto	die	Vetos
genitive	eines	des	Vetos	der	Vetos
dative	einem	dem	Veto	den	Vetos
accusative	ein	das	Veto	die	Vetos

Hypernyms

• Einspruch, Widerspruch, Protest

Related terms

• Vetorecht, Vetomacht

See also

• Volksbegehren

Further reading

• “Veto” in Duden online
• “Veto” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Veto” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• Veto on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de