democratie

See also: démocratie and democrație

Dutch

Alternative forms

• (before 1996) demokratie

Etymology

Borrowing from French démocratie, from Latin dēmocratia, from Ancient Greek δημοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ (dēmokratíā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌdeː.moː.kraːˈ(t)si/

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• Hyphenation: de‧mo‧cra‧tie
• Rhymes: -i

Noun

democratie f (plural democratieën, diminutive democratietje n)

1. (uncountable, countable) democracy

   Aan de basis van elke democratie ligt die vrijheid, die in de loop der tijden is bevochten, zei Hare Majesteit de koningin.

   At the basis of each democracy lies that freedom, which in the course of time has been gained, said Her Majesty the queen.

Derived terms

• basisdemocratie
• consensusdemocratie
• dramademocratie
• massademocratie
• participatiedemocratie
• penduledemocratie
• sorrydemocratie

Related terms

• democraat
• democratisch

Descendants

• Afrikaans: demokrasie
• → Malay: demokrasi

  → Indonesian: démokrasi

• → Peranakan Indonesian: democratie

Middle French

Etymology

First known attestation 1370-1372 in Les Ethiques en françois a translation of Aristotle by Nicolas Oresme, borrowed from Ancient Greek δημοκρατία (dēmokratía).

Noun

democratie f (plural democraties)

1. democracy; popular rule

Descendants

• French: démocratie
  • → Danish: demokrati n
  • → Dutch: democratie f
    • Afrikaans: demokrasie
    • → Malay: demokrasi

      → Indonesian: démokrasi

    • → Peranakan Indonesian: democratie
  • → German: Demokratie f
  • → Hebrew: דֵּמוֹקְרַטְיָה f
  • → Persian: دموکراسی
  • → Romanian: democrație f
  • → Turkish: demokrasi
• → Norman: démocratie
• → Czech: demokracie
• → English: democracy
  • → Amharic: ዴሞክራሲ (demokrasi)
  • → Burmese: ဒီမိုကရေစီ (dimuika.reci)
  • → Chinese: 得莫克拉西 (démòkèlāxī), 德謨克拉西／德谟克拉西 (démókèlāxī)
  • → Malay: demokrasi
  • → S'gaw Karen: ဒံၣ်မိၣ်ခြ့ၣ်စံၣ် (deè moh̀ khraỳ seè)
  • → Swahili: demokrasia
  • → Western Kayah: ꤘꤟꤤ꤬ꤗꤥ꤬ꤊꤚꤢꤩ꤬ꤎꤤ꤬ (dì̤mòkrèsì)

Peranakan Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch democratie (“democracy”).

Noun

democratie

1. democracy

   Sabegitoe djaoe jang saia taoe toean Yap Soei Tjiang di Semarang jang pertama sebagi orang Tionghoa moelai bergerak dalem ini djoeroesan dengen ambil bagian dalem sala-satoe vereeniging social democratie Olanda. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)