Wahl-

Wahl- избирательный

Wahl-:

Wahl|akt

m → polling

Wahl|al|ter

nt → voting age

Wahl|ana|ly|ti|ker(in)

m(f) → election analyst

Wahl|auf|ruf

m → election announcement

Wahl|auf|trag

m → election brief

Wahl|aus|gang

m → outcome of an/the election, election results pl

Wahl|aus|schuss ?

m → election committee

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Wahl-:

Wahl|be|nach|rich|ti|gung

f, Wahl|be|nach|rich|ti|gungs|kar|te

f → polling card

wahl|be|rech|tigt

adj → entitled to vote

Wahl|be|rech|tig|te(r)

mf decl as adj → person entitled to vote

Wahl|be|rech|ti|gung

f → (right to) vote

Wahl|be|tei|li|gung

f → poll; eine hohe Wahl- → a heavy poll, a high or good turnout (at an/the election)

Wahl|be|trug

m → electoral fraud; (= Manipulation des Wahlergebnisses) → ballot- or vote-rigging (inf)

Wahl|be|zirk

m → ward

Wahl|brief

m letter containing completed postal vote

Wahl|bünd|nis

nt → electoral pact

Wahl|bür|ger(in)

m(f) (form) → voter

Wahl|bü|ro

nt → election office

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Wahl-:

Wahl|fach

nt (Sch) → option, optional subject, elective (US)

Wahl|fäl|schung

f → vote-rigging, electoral fraud

Wahl|feld|zug

m → election(eering) campaign

Wahl|fie|ber

nt → election fever

Wahl|for|scher(in)

m(f) → electoral researcher, psephologist

Wahl|frau

f → delegate

wahl|frei

adj (Sch) → optional; Wahl-er Zugriff (Comput) → random access

Wahl|frei|heit

f (Pol) → electoral freedom; (Sch) → freedom of choice

Wahl|gang

m pl <-gänge> → ballot

Wahl|ge|heim|nis

nt → secrecy of the ballot

Wahl|ge|schenk

nt → pre-election promise

Wahl|ge|setz

nt → electoral law

Wahl|hei|mat

f → country of adoption or of (one’s) choice, adopted country

Wahl|hel|fer(in)

m(f) (im Wahlkampf) → electoral or election assistant; (bei der Wahl) → polling officer

Wahl|ka|bi|ne

f → polling booth

Wahl|kampf

m → election(eering) campaign; einen Wahl- führen → to conduct an election campaign

Wahl|kampf|ma|nö|ver

nt → campaign move

Wahl|kampf|schla|ger

m (inf) → major campaign issue, vote winner

Wahl|kreis

m → constituency

Wahl|lei|ter(in)

m(f) → returning officer (Brit), → chief election official (US)

Wahl|lo|kal

nt → polling station

Wahl|lo|ko|mo|ti|ve

f (inf) → vote-puller

wahl|los

adj → indiscriminate

adv → at random, haphazardly; (= nicht wählerisch) → indiscriminately

Wahl|mann

m pl <-männer> → delegate

Wahl|ma|ra|thon

nt (Pol inf) → election marathon

Wahl|mög|lich|keit

f → choice, option

Wahl|nacht

f → election night

Wahl|nie|der|la|ge

f → election defeat

Wahl|pe|ri|o|de

f → lifetime of a/the parliament

Wahl|pflicht

f → electoral duty; seine Wahl- erfüllen → to use one’s vote

Wahl|pflicht|fach

nt (Sch) → (compulsory) optional subject; ich muss zwei Wahlpflichtfächer belegen → I have to take two optional subjects

Wahl|pla|kat

nt → election poster

Wahl|pro|pa|gan|da

f → election propaganda

Wahl|recht

nt

→ (right to) vote; allgemeines Wahl- → universal franchise (esp Brit) → or suffrage; das kommunale Wahl- haben → to have the right to vote in local elections; das aktive Wahl- → the right to vote; das passive Wahl- → eligibility (for political office); mit 21/18 bekommt man das passive Wahl- → at 21/18 one becomes eligible for political office

(= Gesetze) → electoral law no def art

Wahl|re|de

f → election speech

Wahl|re|form

f → electoral reform

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Wahl-:

Wahl|schein

m → polling card

Wahl|schlap|pe

f → election setback

Wahl|sieg

m → electoral or election victory

Wahl|slo|gan

m → election slogan

Wahl|sonn|tag

m → polling Sunday

Wahl|spruch

m

(= Motto) → motto, watchword

(= Wahlslogan) → election slogan

Wahl|sys|tem

nt → electoral system

Wahl|tag

m → election or polling day

Wahl|un|ter|la|gen

pl → election papers pl

Wahl|ur|ne

f → ballot box

Wahl|ver|an|stal|tung

f → election rally

Wahl|ver|fah|ren

nt → electoral procedure

Wahl|ver|ge|hen

nt → electoral misdemeanour (Brit) → or misdemeanor (US)

Wahl|ver|hal|ten

nt → behaviour (Brit) → or behavior (US) → at the polls

Wahl|ver|samm|lung

f → election meeting

Wahl|ver|spre|chun|gen

pl → election promises pl

Wahl|ver|wandt|schaft

f (Chem) → elective attraction; (fig) → affinity (von between); „die Wahl-en“ (Liter) → “The Elective Affinities”

Wahl|volk

nt, no pl das Wahl- → the electorate

wahl|wei|se

adv → alternatively; Wahl- Kartoffeln oder Reis → (a) choice of potatoes or rice; Sie können Wahl- Wasserski fahren oder reiten → you have a choice between water-skiing and riding; die Modelle sind Wahl- mit Sechs- oder Zwölfzylindermotor ausgestattet → the models have the option of a six- or a twelve-cylinder engine

Wahl|wie|der|ho|lung

f (Telec) (automatische) Wahl- → (automatic) redial