Departementsrat

German (Berlin)

[deːpartəˈmɛntsˌʁaːt]

noun
Definitions
  • (administration) departmental council in France, until 2015 known as general council
  • (Switzerland) student council of a university department

Etymology

Compound from German Departement + German -s- (genitival interfix, red, letter, degree, rank, plastic, overview, beginning, police, general)+ German Rat (council, councillor, advice, councilor).

Origin

German (Berlin)

Rat

Gloss

council, councillor, advice, councilor

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms