Gegenkanzler

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German

Etymology

gegen- +‎ Kanzler

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Noun

Gegenkanzler m (strong, genitive Gegenkanzlers, plural Gegenkanzler, feminine Gegenkanzlerin)

  1. (politics, uncommon) shadow chancellor, alternative chancellor
    Coordinate term: Schattenkanzler
    • 2004 June 22, Stefan Reinecke, “Das doppelte Opfer”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN, page 1:
      Warum schlägt Müntefering, wie seine Rede zeigt, die Chance aus, sich wenigstens als Gegenkanzler zu inszenieren?
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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