die Ampel
noun · /ˈʔampl̩/ ·Etymology
From Middle High German ampel, ampolle, ampulle, from Old High German ampla, ampulla (“vessel”), from Proto-West Germanic *ampullā (“flask, cruse”). The sense development was vessel → hanging lamp (in or shaped like a vessel) → traffic light. Doublet of Ampulle.
Translation
- traffic light feminine
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ellipsis of Ampelkoalition
German, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, feminine, informal
Alles ist möglich. Das ist bislang die Botschaft, die führende Sozialdemokraten in Berlin und in Düsseldorf verbreiten. Eine Ampel mit FDP und Grünen, eine Minderheitsregierung, Neuwahlen, […]
Everything is possible. That is the message that is spread up to now by leading Social Democrats in Berlin and Düsseldorf. A "traffic light coalition" with the FDP and Green Party, a minority government, new elections, […]
Die Ampel hat es vergeigt: Die Fraktionen von SPD, Grünen und FDP im Bundestag hätten verhindern können, dass die AfD den Vorsitzenden des Innenausschusses stellt.
The "traffic light" [government] screwed up: The factions of SPD, Greens, and FDP in the Bundestag [parliament] could have prevented the AfD from getting one of theirs into the position of Chief of the Committee for the Interior.
- ceiling lamp (lamp which hangs from the ceiling) feminine
- container (e.g. for a plant) which hangs from the ceiling feminine
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | Ampel | Ampeln |
| Accusative | Ampel | Ampeln |
| Dative | Ampel | Ampeln |
| Genitive | Ampel | Ampeln |