Wahlleiter
German, noun/ˈvaːlˌlaɪ̯tɐ/
Wahlleiter is a German masculine noun meaning “returning officer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Person, die für die Organisation und Überwachung der ordnungsgemäßen Durchführung von Wahlen zuständig ist”.
What does Wahlleiter mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinereturning officer
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Person, die für die Organisation und Überwachung der ordnungsgemäßen Durchführung von Wahlen zuständig ist
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 Wahlleiter
- Wahlleiters genitive
- Wahlleiterin feminine
- Wahlleitern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Wahlleiter?
- /ˈvaːlˌlaɪ̯tɐ/
- [ˈvaːlˌlaɪ̯tɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Wahlleiter in German?
Wahlleiter appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).