Polyglot Dictionary

Volksentscheid

/ˈfɔlksʔɛntˌʃaɪ̯t/

der noun C1

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

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Volksentscheide

Meaning

  1. referendum

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

referendum

Referendum is the international, Latin-derived loanword; Volksentscheid is the native German term for the same thing, "referendum."

volksabstimmung

Volksabstimmung is the more general legal term for any public vote; Volksentscheid is the specific German term for a binding referendum initiated by citizens.

Similar in other languages

French

référendum

référendum is the French word for the same thing — both mean "referendum."

Portuguese

referendo

referendo is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "referendum."

Practice

1 What does Volksentscheid mean?

2 Fill the gap: Der ___ fand im Herbst statt.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Volksentscheid?

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