Schattenkanzler

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German

Etymology

Schatten +‎ Kanzler

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃatn̩ˌkant͡slɐ/
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Noun

Schattenkanzler m (strong, genitive Schattenkanzlers, plural Schattenkanzler, feminine Schattenkanzlerin)

  1. (politics) shadow chancellor
    Coordinate term: Gegenkanzler
    • 2022 April 28, Pascal Beucker, “Debatte um das „Sondervermögen“: Schatten­kanzler Merz”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:
      Sein Angriff ist aber weitreichender: Merz inszeniert sich als eine Art Schattenkanzler, der darauf abzielt, die Regierungspolitik von Rot-Grün-Gelb entscheidend mitzubestimmen. Und er hat gute Karten, dass ihm das gelingt – mit fatalen Folgen.
      But his attack is more far-reaching: Merz is staging himself as a kind of shadow chancellor, aiming to play a decisive role in determining the government policy of the red-green-yellow coalition. And he has a good chance of succeeding - with fatal consequences.

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