"Opposition" meaning in German

See Opposition in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˌɔpoziˈtsjoːn/ Audio: De-Opposition.ogg [Germany, Berlin]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin oppositiō. Etymology templates: {{ety|de|:bor|la:oppositiō}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "oppositiō", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "German", "term" : "Opposition", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "de" }" data-lang="de" data-title="Opposition">, {{bor+|de|la|oppositiō}} Borrowed from Latin oppositiō Head templates: {{de-noun|f}} Opposition f (genitive Opposition, plural Oppositionen) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f}} Forms: Opposition [genitive], Oppositionen [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], Opposition [nominative, singular], Oppositionen [definite, nominative, plural], Opposition [genitive, singular], Oppositionen [definite, genitive, plural], Opposition [dative, singular], Oppositionen [dative, definite, plural], Opposition [accusative, singular], Oppositionen [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. (politics) the opposition, political opposition; opposition party Tags: feminine Synonyms: Gegenformation Hypernyms (political): Partei, Fraktion Hyponyms (political): Fernopposition, Nahopposition, Oppositionspartei
    Sense id: en-Opposition-de-noun-FXbc1Q-M Categories (other): Politics Topics: government, politics Disambiguation of 'political': 100 0 0 0 Disambiguation of 'political': 100 0 0 0
  2. a group opposed (to something or someone) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Opposition-de-noun-ey9OWKU0
  3. opposition (the position of a planet in relation to the sun in positional astronomy) Tags: feminine Hypernyms (astronomical): Aspekt
    Sense id: en-Opposition-de-noun-CYWNCoNc Categories (other): Astronomy Disambiguation of Astronomy: 23 3 71 3 Disambiguation of 'astronomical': 32 6 60 2
  4. (chess) In chess, when two kings face off against each other with only one square between them Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Opposition-de-noun-EVerYt8R Categories (other): Chess, German entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 20 13 23 44 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 11 19 6 63 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 8 14 5 73 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 11 5 76 Topics: board-games, chess, games
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: Zugzwang [chess, board-games, games] Derived forms: Oppositionspolitiker

Inflected forms

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