Kristillisdemokraatit

Kristillisdemokraatit

See also: kristillisdemokraatit

Finnish

Alternative forms

• kristillisdemokraatit

Etymology

kristillinen (“Christian”) +‎ demokraatti (“democrat”), calque of German Christdemokrat

Proper noun

Kristillisdemokraatit (pl; initialism KD)

1. The Christian Democrats (political party in many countries, especially in Europe and Latin America)
2. Short for Suomen Kristillisdemokraatit, a Christian Democratic party in Finland.

Usage notes

• The verb connected to this term is usually in plural but may be in singular when referring to the Christian Democratic party as a formal entity:

• Kristillisdemokraatit vaatii uudistuksia. (verb in singular: refers to the accepted, official stand of the party)
  • The Christian Democrats demand reforms.
• Kristillisdemokraatit äänestivät lakiesitystä vastaan. (verb in plural: refers to the representatives of the party)
  • The Christian Democrats voted against the proposed law.

• For the practices regarding capitalization, see the usage note under kokoomus.

Declension

Inflection of Kristillisdemokraatit (Kotus type 5/risti, tt-t gradation)
nominative		—	Kristillisdemokraatit
genitive		—	Kristillisdemokraattien
partitive		—	Kristillisdemokraatteja
illative		—	Kristillisdemokraatteihin
		singular	plural
nominative		—	Kristillisdemokraatit
accusative	nom.	—	Kristillisdemokraatit
	gen.	—
genitive		—	Kristillisdemokraattien
partitive		—	Kristillisdemokraatteja
inessive		—	Kristillisdemokraateissa
elative		—	Kristillisdemokraateista
illative		—	Kristillisdemokraatteihin
adessive		—	Kristillisdemokraateilla
ablative		—	Kristillisdemokraateilta
allative		—	Kristillisdemokraateille
essive		—	Kristillisdemokraatteina
translative		—	Kristillisdemokraateiksi
instructive		—	Kristillisdemokraatein
abessive		—	Kristillisdemokraateitta
comitative		—	Kristillisdemokraatteineen

Derived terms

• Suomen Kristillisdemokraatit

Anagrams

• kristillisdemokraatti