Bundesrat

English

Alternative forms

• Bundesrath (dated)

Etymology

From German Bundesrat (“federal council”).

Proper noun

Bundesrat

1. The federal council of Germany.

Translations

federal council of Germany

• Georgian: ბუნდესრატი (bundesraṭi)
• German: Bundesrat (de) m
• Russian: Бундесра́т m (Bundɛsrát)

See also

• Bundestag
• Reichstag

Anagrams

• breadnuts

German

Alternative forms

• Bundesrath (deprecated)

Etymology

From Bund (“federation”) +‎ -es- +‎ Rat (“council; councilor”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʊndəsˌʁaːt/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Bun‧des‧rat

Noun

Bundesrat m (strong, genitive Bundesrates or Bundesrats, plural Bundesräte)

1. a federal council, especially: the federal council of the Federal Republic of Germany, of Austria, of Switzerland, or of the German Empire

Declension

Declension of Bundesrat [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Bundesrat	die	Bundesräte
genitive	eines	des	Bundesrates, Bundesrats	der	Bundesräte
dative	einem	dem	Bundesrat, Bundesrate1	den	Bundesräten
accusative	einen	den	Bundesrat	die	Bundesräte

¹Now rare, see notes.

Related terms

• Reichsrat

Further reading

• “Bundesrat” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Bundesrat” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Bundesrat” in Duden online