Bundesrat

Bundesrat

English

Alternative forms

• Bundesrath (dated)

Etymology

From German Bundesrat (“federal council”).

Proper noun

Bundesrat

1. The federal council of Germany.

Translations

federal council of Germany

Georgian: ბუნდესრატი (bundesraṭi) German: Bundesrat (de) m

Russian: Бундесра́т m (Bundɛsrát)

See also

• Bundestag
• Reichstag

Anagrams

• breadnuts

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German

Alternative forms

• Bundesrath (deprecated)

Etymology

From Bund ("federation") + Rat ("council; councilor").

Pronunciation

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Noun

Bundesrat m (genitive Bundesrats or Bundesrates, plural Bundesräte)

1. A federal council, especially: the federal council of the Federal Republic of Germany, of Austria, of Switzerland, or of the German Empire

Declension

Declension of Bundesrat

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Bundesrat	die	Bundesräte
genitive	eines	des	Bundesrates, Bundesrats	der	Bundesräte
dative	einem	dem	Bundesrat, Bundesrate1	den	Bundesräten
accusative	einen	den	Bundesrat	die	Bundesräte

¹Now uncommon, see notes

Related terms

• Reichsrat

Further reading

• Bundesrat in Duden online