Christian Democrat
der Christdemokrat, die Christdemokraten
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Christian Democrat
A member or supporter of a Christian democratic party. In Germany, this usually means people who belong to the CDU or CSU or support their political goals.
Als überzeugter Christdemokrat setzt er sich für soziale Marktwirtschaft und Familienwerte ein.
As a committed Christian Democrat, he advocates for the social market economy and family values.
| gender | masculine der |
|---|---|
| plural | die Christdemokraten |
| genitive | des Christdemokraten |
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | der Christdemokrat | die Christdemokraten |
| accusative | den Christdemokraten | die Christdemokraten |
| dative | dem Christdemokraten | den Christdemokraten |
| genitive | des Christdemokraten | der Christdemokraten |
The article changes with the case; it is shown in colour.
The word is made up of 'Christ' (Christian) and 'Demokrat' (democrat). It describes a person whose political conviction is based on democratic principles and Christian values.
Er bezeichnet sich als Christdemokrat, weil ihm christliche Werte in der Politik wichtig sind.
He describes himself as a Christian Democrat because Christian values are important to him in politics.
'Christdemokrat' (Christian Democrat) is a noun of the N-declension. This means it takes the ending '-en' in all cases except the nominative singular.
Die Journalistin interviewte den bekannten Christdemokraten.
The journalist interviewed the well-known Christian Democrat.
Related words are 'die Christdemokratie' (Christian democracy, the political ideology) and the adjective 'christdemokratisch' (Christian democratic).
Die christdemokratische Partei hat die Wahlen gewonnen.
The Christian democratic party won the election.
