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Ständerat
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German
de:
Alternative forms
de Ständerath obsolete
Etymology
de :af Stand<t:state; estate; canton> -e- Rat<t:council; councilor>
From de Stand state; estate; canton -e- Rat council; councilor.
Pronunciation
de [ˈʃtɛndəˌʀaːt]
de Stän de rat
Noun
m,(e)s,^e
de politics Switzerland Council of States the upper house of the Federal Assembly in Switzerland
de kleine Kammer Oberhaus occasionally
de grosse Kammer Nationalrat Unterhaus occasionally
de politics Switzerland a member of the Council of States
de Ständeratsmitglied
Declension
m,(e)s,^e
Holonyms
de Bundesversammlung Federal Assembly
Derived terms
de Ständerätin
Related terms
de Ständeratssitz, de Ständeratswahl
de Bundesrat, de Stadtrat, de Gemeinderat
Further reading