Ständerat

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Etymology

From Stand (“state; estate; canton”) +‎ -e- +‎ Rat (“council; councilor”).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: Stän‧de‧rat

Noun

Ständerat m (strong, genitive Ständerates or Ständerats, plural Ständeräte)

  1. (politics, Switzerland) Council of States (the upper house of the Federal Assembly in Switzerland)
    Synonyms: kleine Kammer, (occasionally) Oberhaus
    Coordinate terms: grosse Kammer, Nationalrat, (occasionally) Unterhaus
  2. (politics, Switzerland) a member of the Council of States
    Synonym: Ständeratsmitglied

Declension

Declension of Ständerat
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Ständerat die Ständeräte
genitive eines des Ständerates, Ständerats der Ständeräte
dative einem dem Ständerat, Ständerate1 den Ständeräten
accusative einen den Ständerat die Ständeräte

1Now rare, see notes.

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