← Back to the dictionary

The article for

Wahlvolk

das Wahlvolk

Wahlvolk is a neuter German noun. Its article is das.

Plural
no plural

Learn the noun together with its article. See the article rules.

Next word

Why is it das Wahlvolk?

Wahlvolk is a compound noun, and German compounds take the article of their last word: das Volk. So it’s das Wahlvolk.

Sense 1
das

Meaning

[1] entirety of the people entitled to vote

[1] Gesamtheit der wahlberechtigten Personen

Examples

[1] "The electoral people did not commit it"

[1] „Das Wahlvolk hat es nicht gedankt.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ das Wahlvolk —
Genitiv des Wahlvolks des Wahlvolkes —
Dativ dem Wahlvolk —
Akkusativ das Wahlvolk —

Pronunciation

Dictionary entries include material from Wiktionary. Wiktionary