Ausgleichsmandat
German, noun[ˈaʊ̯sɡlaɪ̯çsmanˌdaːt]
Ausgleichsmandat is spelled A-U-S-G-L-E-I-C-H-S-M-A-N-D-A-T (16 letters) and appears about once in every 40 million words in written German, the 376,420th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ausgleichsmandat is a German neuter noun meaning “leveling seat, balance mandate (additional parliamentary seats awarded to other parties to ensure that the final seat distribution reflects…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Ausgleich von Überhangsmandaten unter bestimmten Bedingungen”.
What does Ausgleichsmandat mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterleveling seat, balance mandate (additional parliamentary seats awarded to other parties to ensure that the final seat distribution reflects the proportional share of the party vote, compensating for overhang seats won by another party)
Durch die Vergabe von Ausgleichsmandaten wird sichergestellt, dass keine Partei durch Überhangmandate mehr Gewicht im Parlament erhält, als ihr nach dem Zweitstimmenergebnis zusteht.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ausgleich von Überhangsmandaten unter bestimmten Bedingungen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Ausgleichsmandat
- Ausgleichsmandats genitive
- Ausgleichsmandate plural
- Ausgleichsmandaten dative definite plural
- Ausgleichsmandates genitive singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Ausgleichsmandat?
- [ˈaʊ̯sɡlaɪ̯çsmanˌdaːt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Ausgleichsmandat in German?
Ausgleichsmandat appears about once in every 40 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).