Regime

See also: regime, régime, and régimé

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French régime, from Latin regimen.

Pronunciation

• (singular) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈʒiːm/
• (plural) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈʒiːmə/

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Noun

Regime n (strong, genitive Regimes, plural Regime or (less common) Regimes)

1. (usually derogatory) regime (government)

Usage notes

• Note the distinct pronunciations of the singular (with a silent -e) and the plural Regime (where the -e becomes audible).

Declension

Declension of Regime [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Regime	die	Regime, Regimes
genitive	eines	des	Regimes	der	Regime, Regimes
dative	einem	dem	Regime	den	Regimen, Regimes
accusative	ein	das	Regime	die	Regime, Regimes

Derived terms

• BRD-Regime
• DDR-Regime
• regimetreu
• US-Regime

 

Further reading

• “Regime” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Regime” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Regime” in Duden online
• Regime on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de