Spitzenkandidat
German, noun/ˈʃpɪt͡sn̩kandiˌdaːt/
Spitzenkandidat is spelled S-P-I-T-Z-E-N-K-A-N-D-I-D-A-T (15 letters) and appears 3.2 times per million words in written German, the 17,258th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Spitzenkandidat is a German masculine noun meaning “lead candidate (the first candidate on an electoral list, who is often the leader of the respective political party, or the person…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “an der Spitze einer Wahlliste stehender Kandidat”.
What does Spitzenkandidat mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelead candidate (the first candidate on an electoral list, who is often the leader of the respective political party, or the person designated to lead the government in the event of the party winning the election)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. an der Spitze einer Wahlliste stehender Kandidat
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 Spitzenkandidat
- Spitzenkandidaten genitive
- Spitzenkandidatin feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Spitzenkandidat?
- /ˈʃpɪt͡sn̩kandiˌdaːt/
- [ˈʃpɪt͡sn̩kandiˌdaːt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Spitzenkandidat in German?
Spitzenkandidat appears 3.2 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).