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]
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Rhymes: -aɪ̯

Noun

Partei f (genitive Partei, plural Parteien)

(politics) political party
(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):

(German parties) AfD; CDU; CSU; Die Grünen; Die Linke (merger of SED-successor PDS and WASG); DKP (formerly KPD); FDP, Freie Demokratische Partei; SPD, Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands

Derived terms

parteiisch, parteilos

Compound nouns beginning with Partei-

Parteianhänger
Parteiausschluss
Parteienstaat
Parteiergreifung
Parteiführung
Parteilinie
Parteimitglied
Parteinahme
Parteitag
Parteivorsitz
Parteivorstand

Compound nouns ending with -partei

Altpartei
Arbeiterpartei
Blockpartei
Bundestagspartei
Einheitspartei
Landtagspartei
Linkspartei
Lokalpartei
Rechtspartei
Verbotspartei
Volkspartei

Proper noun

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

A party in a given one-party system, especially
1. the NSDAP of Nazi Germany
2. the SED of East Germany
  - 1949, “Lied der Partei”, Louis Fürnberg (lyrics), Louis Fürnberg (music):
    Die Partei, die Partei, die hat immer recht […]
    The Party, The Party, [The Party] is always correct […]
Mein Opa war in der Partei.
My Grandad was a Party member.

Derived terms

PARTEI (contemporary mock party)

References

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
“Partei” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
“Partei” in Duden online

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