Kristillisdemokraatit
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See also: kristillisdemokraatit
Finnish
Alternative forms
Etymology
kristillinen (“Christian”) + demokraatti (“democrat”), calque of German Christdemokrat
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkristilːisˌdemoˌkrɑːtit/,
- Rhymes: -ɑːtit
- Hyphenation(key): Kris‧tillis‧demo‧kraatit, Kris‧tillis‧demok‧raa‧tit
Proper noun
Kristillisdemokraatit pl
- The Christian Democrats (political party in many countries, especially in Europe and Latin America)
- Ellipsis of Suomen Kristillisdemokraatit, a Christian Democratic party in Finland.
Usage notes
- The verb connected to this term is usually in plural but may be in singular when referring to the Christian Democratic party as a formal entity:
- Kristillisdemokraatit vaatii uudistuksia. (verb in singular: refers to the accepted, official stand of the party)
- The Christian Democrats demand reforms.
- Kristillisdemokraatit äänestivät lakiesitystä vastaan. (verb in plural: refers to the representatives of the party)
- The Christian Democrats; voted against the proposed law.
- For the practices regarding capitalization, see the usage note under kokoomus.
Declension
| Inflection of Kristillisdemokraatit (Kotus type 5*C/risti, tt-t gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | — | Kristillisdemokraatit | |
| genitive | — | Kristillisdemokraattien | |
| partitive | — | Kristillisdemokraatteja | |
| illative | — | Kristillisdemokraatteihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | — | Kristillisdemokraatit | |
| accusative | nom. | — | Kristillisdemokraatit |
| gen. | — | ||
| genitive | — | Kristillisdemokraattien | |
| partitive | — | Kristillisdemokraatteja | |
| inessive | — | Kristillisdemokraateissa | |
| elative | — | Kristillisdemokraateista | |
| illative | — | Kristillisdemokraatteihin | |
| adessive | — | Kristillisdemokraateilla | |
| ablative | — | Kristillisdemokraateilta | |
| allative | — | Kristillisdemokraateille | |
| essive | — | Kristillisdemokraatteina | |
| translative | — | Kristillisdemokraateiksi | |
| abessive | — | Kristillisdemokraateitta | |
| instructive | — | Kristillisdemokraatein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Synonyms
- KD (abbreviation)