socialdemokrat

Danish

Etymology

Equivalent to social +‎ demokrat. From German Sozialdemokrat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [soˈɕæˀld̥emoˌkʰʁ̥ɑˀd̥]

Noun

socialdemokrat c (singular definite socialdemokraten, plural indefinite socialdemokrater)

1. a social democrat (a supporter of the Social Democratic party or the social democratic ideology)

Declension

Declension of socialdemokrat

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	socialdemokrat	socialdemokraten	socialdemokrater	socialdemokraterne
genitive	socialdemokrats	socialdemokratens	socialdemokraters	socialdemokraternes

Swedish

Etymology

social +‎ demokrat

Noun

socialdemokrat c

1. (politics) a social democrat (supporter of social democracy)
   1. (in the plural definite, capitalized as a name) a social democratic party, especially the Swedish Social Democratic Party (Socialdemokraterna (S))
   2. a member or supporter of a social democratic party, especially the Swedish Social Democratic Party (Socialdemokraterna (S))

      Synonym: (often derogatory) sosse

Declension

Declension of socialdemokrat

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	socialdemokrat	socialdemokrats
	definite	socialdemokraten	socialdemokratens
plural	indefinite	socialdemokrater	socialdemokraters
	definite	socialdemokraterna	socialdemokraternas

Related terms

• demokratisk socialism
• socialdemokrati
• socialdemokratisk

Trivia

• Social-Demokraten was the title of a Swedish newspaper (1885-1944). Socialdemokraterna refers to the political party in various countries.

See also

• borgare
• centerpartist (“member or supporter of the Centre Party (Centerpartiet (C))”)
• folkpartist (“member or supporter of the People's Party (Folkpartiet (FP)) (historical – now called the Liberals)”)
• kristdemokrat (“member or supporter of the Christian Democrats (Kristdemokraterna (KD))”)
• liberal (“member or supporter of the Liberals (Liberalerna (L))”)
• miljöpartist (“member or supporter of the Green Party (Miljöpartiet de gröna (MP))”)
• moderat (“member or supporter of the Moderate Party (Moderata samlingspartiet (M))”)
• piratpartist (“member or supporter of the Pirate Party (Piratpartiet (PP))”)
• sosse (“colloquially, member or supporter of the Social Democrats”)
• sverigedemokrat (“member or supporter of the Sweden Democrats (Sverigedemokraterna (SD))”)
• vänsterpartist (“member or supporter of the Left Party (Vänsterpartiet (V))”)

References

• “socialdemokrat”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “socialdemokrat”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “socialdemokrat”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)