Kristillisdemokraatit

Finnish

Alternative forms

Etymology

kristillinen (“Christian”) +‎ demokraatti (“democrat”), calque of German Christdemokrat

Proper noun

Kristillisdemokraatit (pl; initialism KD)

  1. The Christian Democrats (political party in many countries, especially in Europe and Latin America)
  2. Short for Suomen Kristillisdemokraatit, a Christian Democratic party in Finland.

Usage notes
  • The verb connected to this term is usually in plural but may be in singular when referring to the Christian Democratic party as a formal entity:
  • Kristillisdemokraatit vaatii uudistuksia. (verb in singular: refers to the accepted, official stand of the party)
    • The Christian Democrats demand reforms.
  • Kristillisdemokraatit äänestivät lakiesitystä vastaan. (verb in plural: refers to the representatives of the party)
    • The Christian Democrats voted against the proposed law.
  • For the practices regarding capitalization, see the usage note under kokoomus.

Declension
Inflection of Kristillisdemokraatit (Kotus type 5/risti, tt-t gradation)
nominative — Kristillisdemokraatit
genitive — Kristillisdemokraattien
partitive — Kristillisdemokraatteja
illative — Kristillisdemokraatteihin
singular plural
nominative — Kristillisdemokraatit
accusative nom. — Kristillisdemokraatit
gen. —
genitive — Kristillisdemokraattien
partitive — Kristillisdemokraatteja
inessive — Kristillisdemokraateissa
elative — Kristillisdemokraateista
illative — Kristillisdemokraatteihin
adessive — Kristillisdemokraateilla
ablative — Kristillisdemokraateilta
allative — Kristillisdemokraateille
essive — Kristillisdemokraatteina
translative — Kristillisdemokraateiksi
instructive — Kristillisdemokraatein
abessive — Kristillisdemokraateitta
comitative — Kristillisdemokraatteineen

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