Wahl-

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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

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

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

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
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