Parteienstaat

German

Etymology

From Partei (“party”) +‎ Staat (“state”), perhaps in part after Einparteienstaat (“one-party system”); implying that, while the parties are several, there is still a comparable lack of democracy.

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Noun

Parteienstaat m (mixed, genitive Parteienstaats or Parteienstaates, plural Parteienstaaten)

partocracy (a state where several political parties share the political power without properly representing the will of the people; often said of the Federal Republic of Germany)

Declension

Declension of Parteienstaat [masculine, mixed]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Parteienstaat	die	Parteienstaaten
genitive	eines	des	Parteienstaats, Parteienstaates	der	Parteienstaaten
dative	einem	dem	Parteienstaat, Parteienstaate¹	den	Parteienstaaten
accusative	einen	den	Parteienstaat	die	Parteienstaaten

¹Now uncommon, see notes.