socialdemokrat
Danish
Etymology
Equivalent to social + demokrat. From German Sozialdemokrat.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [soˈɕæˀld̥emoˌkʰʁ̥ɑˀd̥]
Noun
socialdemokrat c (singular definite socialdemokraten, plural indefinite socialdemokrater)
- a social democrat (a supporter of the Social Democratic party or the social democratic ideology)
Declension
| common gender |
singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | socialdemokrat | socialdemokraten | socialdemokrater | socialdemokraterne |
| genitive | socialdemokrats | socialdemokratens | socialdemokraters | socialdemokraternes |
Swedish
Etymology
Noun
socialdemokrat c
- (politics) a social democrat (supporter of social democracy)
- (in the plural definite, usually) the Swedish Social Democratic Party (Socialdemokraterna (S))
- (in the plural definite) some other social democratic party
- (usually) a member or supporter of the Swedish Social Democratic Party
- Synonym: (often derogatory) sosse
- a member or supporter of some other social democratic party
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | socialdemokrat | socialdemokrats |
| definite | socialdemokraten | socialdemokratens | |
| plural | indefinite | socialdemokrater | socialdemokraters |
| definite | socialdemokraterna | socialdemokraternas |
Related terms
- demokratisk socialism
- socialdemokrati
- socialdemokratisk
Trivia
- Social-Demokraten was the title of a Swedish newspaper (1885-1944). Socialdemokraterna refers to the political party in various countries.