Polyglot Dictionary

Republik

/ʁepuˈbliːk/

die noun B2

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 Republiken

Meaning

  1. republic

    • Die Republik wurde 1949 gegründet.

      The republic was founded in 1949.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Demokratie

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

république

république is the French word for the same thing — both mean "republic."

Portuguese

república

república is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "republic."

Practice

1 What does Republik mean?

2 Fill the gap: Die ___ wurde 1949 gegründet.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Republik?

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