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kommunistisch

communist

adjective ko-moo-NIS-tish Less Common

Origin: from Latin 'communis' (common)

Usage Note

kommunistisch is the adjective from Kommunismus ('communism') and a member of Kommunist ('a communist'). As an adjective it takes normal endings, e.g. die kommunistische Partei. The -istisch suffix mirrors English '-istic' on ideology words.

Examples

"Das war eine kommunistische Partei."

Natural Translation

That was a communist party.

Literal Translation

That was a communist party.

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