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Sources for Etymology:
- Check "politiker" on DWDS.de
Biggest German Dictionary, great for etymology, usage frequency and collocations) - "politiker" on Wiktionary (English version)
(For etymological connections across European languages. Not always accurate) - Etymonline.com - Origins of English words
My favorite source for the origin of English words.
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Hello Emmanuel, I’m interested in how the Germans use the word “Politik.” When I look up the word “Policy”, used in English, in the dictionary, it gives me “Politik.” Then, the German word “Politik” is also used in a governmental sense for politics. Can you shed some light on this word? Should the english word of “policy” also mean “governance” as well?
The main meaning of “Politik” is the “genre” of politics in general. A common counterpart is “die Wirtschaft”.
It’s also used to describe the type of politics, of a party for instance.
And you can find it outside of actual politics for “policy” like some company policy or some house rules.
But in that case, it is NOT as specific as English. It’s not countable and only exists in snigular.
So you cannot say something like
This would sound really really weird with “Politik”.
Hope that helps.