Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

machtpolitik

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: macht-poli-tik
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Power politics.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Tensions have built up over the long years of Merkelian Machtpolitik and are emerging into the open, particularly in light of a mediocre vote-share at the election, yet another workaday coalition deal, the concession of the powerful finance ministry to the SPD, the allocation of the CDU’s few big cabinet jobs to inoffensively loyal Merkelites and the lack of hints at a succession plan at the top."

Etymology

Borrowed from German Machtpolitik.

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: Machtpolitik

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does machtpolitik mean?: Power politics.
Where does machtpolitik come from?: It is traced to German.

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