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Oberhaus
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English
Etymology
en de Oberhaus.
Proper noun
en German.
German
de:
Etymology
de :af ober- Haus
de ober Haus.
Pronunciation
de /ˈoːbɐˌhaʊ̯s/
de De-Oberhaus.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
n,,^er
de politics upper house, first chamber (e.g. the UK House of Lords, the US Senate etc.)
de erste Kammer
de sports humorous first tier, the highest league
Usage notes
The Swiss Council of States (Switzerland) Ständerat is occasionally called de Oberhaus. In Germany and Austria the term is unusual; compare de Unterhaus.
Declension
n,,^er
Antonyms
de Unterhaus