Realpolitik

See also: realpolitik

English

Noun

Realpolitik (countable and uncountable, plural Realpolitiks)

1. Alternative letter-case form of realpolitik.

German

Etymology

From real (“real”) +‎ Politik (“politics”), introduced by August Ludwig von Rochau.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁeˈaːlpoliˌtiːk/, /-ˌtɪk/

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• Hyphenation: Re‧al‧po‧li‧tik

Noun

Realpolitik f (genitive Realpolitik, plural Realpolitiken)

1. (politics) realpolitik (pragmatic international government policy)

   Hypernym: Politik

Declension

Declension of Realpolitik [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Realpolitik	die	Realpolitiken
genitive	einer	der	Realpolitik	der	Realpolitiken
dative	einer	der	Realpolitik	den	Realpolitiken
accusative	eine	die	Realpolitik	die	Realpolitiken

Derived terms

• Realo
• Realpolitiker
• Realpolitikerin
• realpolitisch

 

Descendants

Descendants

• → Danish: realpolitik
• → English: realpolitik, Realpolitik
• → Esperanto: realecpolitiko
• → Estonian: reaalpoliitika
• → Finnish: reaalipolitiikka (calque)
• French: → realpolitik, → réalpolitik, → réalpolitique (calque), → réal-politique (calque)
• → Greek: ρεαλπολιτίκ (realpolitík)
• → Indonesian: realpolitik
• → Italian: Realpolitik
• → Japanese: レアルポリティーク (rearuporitīku)
• → Norwegian: realpolitikk
• → Polish: Realpolitik
• → Russian: реалполити́к (realpolitík)
• → Swedish: realpolitik

Further reading

• “Realpolitik” in Duden online
• Realpolitik on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Realpolitik” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache