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UK-Words in Context

A dynamic country steeped in tradition

termexplanationGerman meaning
island nation isolated country/countries on an island Inselstaat, Inselvolk
(British) Empire Worldwide system of dependencies, e.g. colonies, that over a span of three centuries came under the British government Britisches Weltreich
permanent member e.g. a nation that is always part of a council ständiges Mitglied
United Nations Security Council UN council to keep international peace and security Sicherheitsrat der Vereinten Nationen
trendsetter somebody who is very fashionable and others like to copy Trendsetter, Vorreiter
time-honoured tradition a way of doing things that has been the same for a long time alte Tradition
constitutional monarchy government system where there is a monarch as head of state within the guidelines of an constitution - no absolute monarchy konstitutionelle Monarchie
Established Church official religion with special political status Staatskirche
Church of England Anglican church, monarch as head of church, Archbishop of Canterbury running day-to-day affairs englische Staatskirche, Church of England
monarch person reigning over kingdom or empire Monarch/in
to reign to rule OR being head of state without having complete executional power (as in England) regieren
to rule to exert control or power regieren, herrschen
Prime Minister (PM) the chief executive of a parliamentary government Premierminister
Cabinet a body of advisers of a head of state Kabinett
Parliament the supreme legislative body of a political unit holding regular meetings Parlament, Volksvertretung
lower house the popular and often the larger and more representative branch of a legislative body having two chambers Unterhaus
House of Commons lower house of British parliament, members are elected britisches Unterhaus
upper house the house of more restricted membership in a legislative body having two chambers Oberhaus
House of Lords upper house of British parliament, members are chosen or inherit their seat britisches Oberhaus
written constitution fundamental principles according to which a state is governed written down in a set of legal documents Verfassung
to devolve sth to pass on from sb/sth to sb else/sth else übertragen, dezentralisieren
national assembly minor assembly of representatives having certain power for their domain (e.g. Wales, Northern Ireland) Nationalversammlung
devolution process of devolving power to national regions Dezentralisierung, Devolution
Supreme Court the highest judicial tribunal in a political unit oberster Gerichtshof
final court of appeals last chance for someone unhappy about a legal decision to get it changed letzte Berufungsinstanz
constitutional court court dealing with violations against the constitution Verfassungsgericht
constitutional reform changes to the way a state is run, mostly its constitution Verfassungsreform
school system generally referring to all schools offered to children and run by the government Schulsystem, Schulwesen
national curriculum agreement about which content is to be taught in school Lehrplan
to eliminate inequalities to make more equal, to improve situation of the socially challenged, to give everybody the same chance (soziale) Ungerechtigkeit beseitigen
political reform small changes to the government system politische Reform
classless society to endow all members of society with equal social status klassenlose Gesellschaft
social status one's place in society, e.g. upper class, middle class, working class gesellschaftliche Stellung
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