Partei

German

Etymology

From Middle High German partīe, from Old French partie. Cognate with English party, Italian partita.[1] Doublet of Partie and Party.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /parˈtaɪ̯/, [paʁˈtaɪ̯], [pa(ɐ̯)ˈtaɪ̯]
  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɪ̯

Noun

Partei f (genitive Partei, plural Parteien)

  1. (politics) political party
  2. (law) party (person, company, or institution) participating in a legal action or contract

Declension

Declension of Partei [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Partei die Parteien
genitive einer der Partei der Parteien
dative einer der Partei den Parteien
accusative eine die Partei die Parteien

Hyponyms

(politics):

Derived terms

Compound nouns beginning with Partei-
Compound nouns ending with -partei

Descendants

→ Estonian: partei

Proper noun

die Partei f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Partei)

  1. A party in a given one-party system, especially
    1. the NSDAP of Nazi Germany
    2. the SED of East Germany
    Mein Opa war in der Partei.
    My Grandad was a Party member.

Derived terms

  • PARTEI (contemporary mock party)

References

  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883), “Partei”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Further reading

  • “Partei”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)
  • “Partei” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Partei” in Duden online
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