Spitzenkandidat

German

Etymology

From Spitze (“top”) +‎ -n- +‎ Kandidat (“candidate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃpɪt͡sn̩kandiˌdaːt/

• Audio:

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Noun

Spitzenkandidat m (genitive Spitzenkandidaten, plural Spitzenkandidaten, feminine Spitzenkandidatin)

1. the first candidate on an electoral list, who is often the leader of the respective political party, or the person designated to lead the government in the event of the party winning the election

Related terms

• Spitzenkandidatur

Further reading

• “Spitzenkandidat” in Duden online
• Kandidat § Spitzenkandidat on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de