Definition
A process in which people vote to select individuals or options.
Translations
- English
- election
- Français
- élection
- Türkçe
- seçim
- Polski
- wybory
- Русский
- выборы
- Українська
- вибори
GERMAN DICTIONARY
die Wahl
- A2
- Noun
- Society & Public Life
- Communication
election
/diː ˈvaːl/
Meaning and translations
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Grammar & classification
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- Article
- die
- Gender
- —
- Plural
- Wahlen
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- A2
- Topics
- Society & Public LifePrimaryCommunication
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Pronunciation and forms
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Lemma
Wahl/vaːl/
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Article phrase
die Wahl/diː ˈvaːl/
Declension / Forms
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Semantic relations
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- Near-synonymAuswahl — selection
Auswahl usually refers to several available options, whereas Wahl can additionally mean the act or result of choosing.
- Related termEntscheidung — decision
A Wahl can be a Entscheidung between several possibilities, but it also denotes the process of selecting.
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