Mandat

See also: mandat, mandát, and mandât

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mandātum, from mandō (“to command”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /manˈdaːt/

• Audio (Austria):

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• Rhymes: -aːt

Noun

Mandat n (strong, genitive Mandates or Mandats, plural Mandate)

1. mandate (official command)

Declension

Declension of Mandat [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Mandat	die	Mandate
genitive	eines	des	Mandates, Mandats	der	Mandate
dative	einem	dem	Mandat, Mandate1	den	Mandaten
accusative	ein	das	Mandat	die	Mandate

¹Now rare, see notes.

Further reading

• “Mandat” in Duden online
• “Mandat” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache