Polyglot Dictionary

Demokratie

/demokʁaˈtiː/

die noun B1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Demokratien

Meaning

  1. democracy

    • Freie Wahlen sind ein Grundpfeiler der Demokratie.

      Free elections are a cornerstone of democracy.

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Similar words

Republik

Often wrongly treated as synonyms: Republik describes the STRUCTURE of a state (no monarch, a head of state chosen rather than hereditary); Demokratie describes HOW it's governed (by the will of the people). A country can be one without the other.

Similar in other languages

French

démocratie

démocratie is the French word for the same thing — both mean "democracy."

Portuguese

democracia

democracia is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "democracy."

Practice

1 What does Demokratie mean?

2 Fill the gap: Freie Wahlen sind ein Grundpfeiler der ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Demokratie?

See also

noun

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