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German
Alternative forms
Etymology
From rot (“red”) + grün (“green”), derived from the colors representing these parties.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʁoːtˈɡʁyːn/
- Hyphenation: rot‧grün
Adjective
rot-grün (strong nominative masculine singular rot-grüner, not comparable)
- (German politics, relational) red-green, of a coalition between the SPD (a large social democratic party in Germany) and Bündnis 90/Die Grünen (the largest environmental party in Germany)
2010, Der Spiegel, number 32/2010, page 17:Das rot-grüne Gesetz sieht vor, dass bis 2022 alle Atomkraftwerke vom Netz gehen.- The "red-green" law provides that all nuclear power pants are taken off the grid until 2022.
Declension
Positive forms of rot-grün (uncomparable)
Further reading
- “rot-grün” in Duden online
- “rot-grün” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache