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Merkelian

Merkelian adjective: of or pertaining to Angela Merkel (born 1954), German politician and chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021.

Adjective

Merkelian (comparative more Merkelian, superlative most Merkelian)

  1. Of or pertaining to Angela Merkel (born 1954), German politician and chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021.
    • Tensions have built up over the long years of Merkelian Machtpolitik and are emerging into the open, particularly in light of a mediocre vote-share at the election, yet another workaday coalition deal, the concession of the powerful finance ministry to the SPD, the allocation of the CDU’s few big...2008 February 12, J.C., “German politics is in revolt against the “Merkel method””, in The Economist

Forms of Merkelian

comparativemore Merkelian
superlativemost Merkelian

Origin of Merkelian

From Merkel + -ian.

Questions about Merkelian

What does Merkelian mean?
Merkelian means of or pertaining to Angela Merkel (born 1954), German politician and chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021.
What part of speech is Merkelian?
Merkelian is an adjective.

Words near Merkelian in the dictionary

  1. Merkel
  2. Merkel cell
  3. Merkel cells
  4. Merkel-Ranvier cell
  5. Merkel-Ranvier cells
  6. Merkelian
  7. Merkelism
  8. Merkelvellian
  9. Merker
  10. Merkers
  11. Merket

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