socialdemokrat

Danish

Etymology

Equivalent to social ‎ demokrat. From German Sozialdemokrat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [soˈɕæˀld̥emoˌkʰʁ̥ɑˀd̥]

Noun

socialdemokrat c (singular definite socialdemokraten, plural indefinite socialdemokrater)

1. a social democrat (a supporter of the Social Democratic party or the social democratic ideology)

Declension

Declension of socialdemokrat

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	socialdemokrat	socialdemokraten	socialdemokrater	socialdemokraterne
genitive	socialdemokrats	socialdemokratens	socialdemokraters	socialdemokraternes

Swedish

Etymology

social ‎ demokrat

Noun

socialdemokrat c

1. (politics) a social democrat (supporter of social democracy)
   1. (in the plural definite, usually) the Swedish Social Democratic Party (Socialdemokraterna (S))
   2. (in the plural definite) some other social democratic party
   3. (usually) a member or supporter of the Swedish Social Democratic Party

      Synonym: (often derogatory) sosse

   4. a member or supporter of some other social democratic party

Declension

Declension of socialdemokrat

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	socialdemokrat	socialdemokrats
	definite	socialdemokraten	socialdemokratens
plural	indefinite	socialdemokrater	socialdemokraters
	definite	socialdemokraterna	socialdemokraternas

Related terms

• demokratisk socialism
• socialdemokrati
• socialdemokratisk

Trivia

• Social-Demokraten was the title of a Swedish newspaper (1885-1944). Socialdemokraterna refers to the political party in various countries.

References

• socialdemokrat in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• socialdemokrat in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• socialdemokrat in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• socialdemokrat in Reverso Context (Swedish-English)