Definition
The man at the head of Germany’s national government.
Translations
- English
- Federal Chancellor
- Français
- chancelier fédéral
- Türkçe
- federal şansölye
- Polski
- kanclerz federalny
- Русский
- федеральный канцлер
- Українська
- федеральний канцлер
GERMAN DICTIONARY
der Bundeskanzler
- B1
- Noun
- Society & Public Life
- Countries & Cultures
Federal Chancellor
/deːɐ̯ ˈbʊndəsˌkant͡slɐ/
Meaning and translations
Meaning, definition and translations of this sense.
Grammar & classification
Main grammatical and classification properties of the word.
- Article
- der
- Gender
- Masculine
- Plural
- Bundeskanzler
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- B1
- Morphology
- Compound
- Topics
- Society & Public LifePrimaryCountries & Cultures
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Der Bundeskanzler hielt eine Rede im Bundestag.NominativSing.The Federal Chancellor delivered a speech in the Bundestag.
- Die Bürger wählten den Bundeskanzler nach der Debatte.AkkusativSing.The citizens elected the Federal Chancellor after the debate.
- Der Bundeskanzler dankte dem Bundeskanzler eines Nachbarlandes für die Unterstützung.DativSing.The Federal Chancellor thanked the Federal Chancellor of a neighboring country for the support.
- Das Amt des Bundeskanzlers ist politisch bedeutend.GenitivSing.The office of the Federal Chancellor is politically significant.
- Die Bundeskanzler der Mitgliedstaaten berieten gemeinsam.NominativPlur.The Federal Chancellors of the member states conferred together.
- Die Delegierten begrüßten die Bundeskanzler beim Gipfel.AkkusativPlur.The delegates welcomed the Federal Chancellors at the summit.
- Die Bürger schrieben den Bundeskanzlern nach der Wahl.DativPlur.The citizens wrote to the Federal Chancellors after the election.
- Die Entscheidungen der Bundeskanzler wurden veröffentlicht.GenitivPlur.The decisions of the Federal Chancellors were published.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Bundeskanzler/ˈbʊndəsˌkant͡slɐ/
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Article phrase
der Bundeskanzler/deːɐ̯ ˈbʊndəsˌkant͡slɐ/
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Plural
Bundeskanzler/ˈbʊndəsˌkant͡slɐ/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | der Bundeskanzler | die Bundeskanzler |
| Akkusativ | den Bundeskanzler | die Bundeskanzler |
| Dativ | dem Bundeskanzler | den Bundeskanzlern |
| Genitiv | des Bundeskanzlers | der Bundeskanzler |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- CollocationBundeskanzler werden gewählt
- Collocationamtierender Bundeskanzler
- CollocationBundeskanzler der Bundesrepublik
- Verb constructionden Bundeskanzler wählen + Akkusativ
- Verb constructiondem Bundeskanzler danken + Dativ
- Sentence patternDer Bundeskanzler leitet die Regierung.
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Broader termPolitiker — male politician
A Bundeskanzler is a Politiker with special governmental responsibility in Germany.
- Related termBundespräsidentin — female Federal President
The Bundespräsidentin is head of state; the Bundeskanzler leads the federal government and government policy.
- Related termBundespräsident — Federal President
Bundeskanzler and Bundespräsident are different political offices at the federal level with different responsibilities.
- Related termMinisterpräsident
Both are heads of government, but the Ministerpräsident heads a state government rather than the federal government.
- Related termMinister — male government minister
A Minister heads a ministry; the Bundeskanzler determines the policy guidelines of the federal government.
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Formation typeCompound
- BundesOther
- KanzlerOther
„Bundeskanzler“ is a compound formed from „Bundes“ and „Kanzler“.
Word family
- Bundeskanzlerin — female Federal Chancellor