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German
Etymology
From Sonntag (“Sunday”) + -s- + Frage (“question”), from the standard wording of the question as: Wenn am nächsten Sonntag Wahlen wären, welche Partei würden Sie wählen? (“If there were elections next Sunday, which party would you vote for?”). In the German-speaking countries (like most of continental Europe) elections are held on Sundays.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈzɔntaːksˌfʁaːɡə/, (northern also) /-ta(ː)xs-/
Noun
Sonntagsfrage f (genitive Sonntagsfrage, plural Sonntagsfragen)
- (politics) question about party preference in election polls (as distinct from questions about political opinions, specific issues etc.)
Die Befragten bewerten die Regierungsarbeit zunehmend kritischer, aber in der Sonntagsfrage wirkt sich dies bisher wenig aus.- The respondents judge the government’s work more and more critically, but this has as yet little influence on party preference.
2023 June 2, “Sonntagsfrage sieht AfD als zweitstärkste Kraft – gleichauf mit SPD”, in Der Spiegel, →ISSN:
Declension
Declension of Sonntagsfrage
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