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German
Etymology
From Departement + -s- + Rat; calque of French conseil départemental.
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: De‧par‧te‧ments‧rat
Noun
Departementsrat m (strong, genitive Departementsrates or Departementsrats, plural Departementsräte)
- (administration) departmental council (in France; until 2015 known as general council)
1996 July, FOCUS, „Haftung für Politiker“:Ein französischer Departementsrat hatte seinen Wählern Arbeitsplätze versprochen und soll jetzt wegen Wählertäuschung umgerechnet 6000 Mark Geldstrafe bezahlen. Wäre das auch in Deutschland möglich?- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (Switzerland) student council of a university department[1]
Declension
Declension of Departementsrat
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