Christian Democrat
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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.
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.
social democrat
'der Sozialdemokrat' and 'der Christdemokrat' both refer to people in politics or supporters of certain political movements. They can be confused because both words are built in a similar way and both often appear in connection with German political parties. A 'Sozialdemokrat' belongs to the social democratic movement, in Germany often to the SPD. A 'Christdemokrat' belongs to the Christian democratic movement, in Germany usually to the CDU or CSU. So the important part is the first part of the word: 'sozial-' and 'christ-' show the political direction.
Der Christdemokrat unterstützt den Vorschlag seiner Partei zur Familienpolitik.
The Christian Democrat supports his party's proposal on family policy.
Der Sozialdemokrat sprach im Stadtrat über höhere Mieten.
The social democrat spoke in the city council about higher rents.