Minderheitsregierung
German, noun/ˈmɪndɐ̯haɪ̯tsʁeˌɡiːʁʊŋ/
Minderheitsregierung is spelled M-I-N-D-E-R-H-E-I-T-S-R-E-G-I-E-R-U-N-G (20 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 46,552nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Minderheitsregierung is a German feminine noun meaning “minority government (government backed by less than half of votes in parliament)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Regierung, deren Vertreter keine Mehrheit im Parlament haben. Zum Beschluss von Gesetzen müssen deshalb…”.
What does Minderheitsregierung mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineminority government (government backed by less than half of votes in parliament)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Regierung, deren Vertreter keine Mehrheit im Parlament haben. Zum Beschluss von Gesetzen müssen deshalb Mehrheiten gemeinsam mit anderen im Parlament vertretenen Parteien gesucht werden.
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 Minderheitsregierung
- Minderheitsregierungen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Minderheitsregierung?
- /ˈmɪndɐ̯haɪ̯tsʁeˌɡiːʁʊŋ/
- [ˈmɪndɐhaɪ̯t͡sʁeˌɡiːʁʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Minderheitsregierung in German?
Minderheitsregierung appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).