sosiaalidemokraattinen
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈsosiɑːliˌdemoˌkrɑːtːinen/, [ˈs̠o̞s̠iˌɑ̝ːliˌde̞mo̞ˌkrɑ̝ːt̪ːine̞n]
- Rhymes: -ɑːtːinen
- Hyphenation(key): so‧si‧aali‧demo‧kraatti‧nen, so‧si‧aali‧demok‧raat‧ti‧nen
Adjective
[edit]sosiaalidemokraattinen (comparative sosiaalidemokraattisempi, superlative sosiaalidemokraattisin)
- (politics) social democratic (of or pertaining to a Social Democrat Party of some country or its policy)
Usage notes
[edit]- In the official name of the Social Democratic Party of Finland, Suomen Sosialidemokraattinen Puolue, Sosiali- is still written in the old-fashioned way with one A — elsewhere the adjective is nowadays always spelled with two As.
Declension
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “sosiaalidemokraattinen”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03