Realo

See also: realo and reālo

English

Etymology

German Realo

Noun

Realo (plural Realos)

1. (colloquial, German politics) A member of a more pragmatic faction within a leftist organisation, often the FRG Green Party.

German

Etymology

From Realpolitiker +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʁeˈaːlo]

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Noun

Realo m (strong, genitive Realos, plural Realos, feminine Reala)

1. (colloquial, German politics) a member of a more pragmatic faction within a leftist organisation, often the FRG Green Party

   Antonyms: Fundi, Linker

   • 2022 April 11, Pascal Beucker, “Rücktritt von Ministerin Anne Spiegel: Verheerendes Krisenmanagement”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz‎, →ISSN:

     […] Weil entgegen der Flügelübereinkunft der Realo Özdemir und nicht der Linke Hofreiter Landwirtschaftsminister werden sollte, musste die Reala Göring-Eckardt der Linken Spiegel im Familienministerium weichen.

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Declension

Declension of Realo [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Realo	die	Realos
genitive	eines	des	Realos	der	Realos
dative	einem	dem	Realo	den	Realos
accusative	einen	den	Realo	die	Realos

Further reading

• “Realo” in Duden online
• “Realo” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache