Weltpolitik

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Weltpolitik, a compound of Welt (“world”) + Politik (“politics”).

Proper noun

Weltpolitik

1. (historical) The aggressive foreign policy of Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany beginning in 1891.
   • 2003, Stephen J. Lee, Europe, 1890-1945, Psychology Press, →ISBN, page 15:

     'The main decision made by Kaiser Wilhelm II in the 1890s was to pursue Weltpolitik.' a) What is meant by Weltpolitik in relation to German foreign policy between 1890 and 1914? (3 marks) Weltpolitik is a term used to describe the expanding […]

   • 2004, Michael Scaife, History: Modern British and European, Letts and Lonsdale, →ISBN, page 60:

     Industrialists financed these pressure groups because they supported Weltpolitik. In the reign of William II German nationalism became more aggressive and had an increasingly unsettling effect upon relations between the Great Powers.

   • 2007, Greg Cashman, Leonard C. Robinson, An Introduction to the Causes of War: Patterns of Interstate Conflict from World War I to Iraq, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 54:

     The policy of Weltpolitik had serious international repercussions. First, the Junkers got high grain tariffs, which angered Russia and forced it into an alliance with France and Britain. German Junkers wanted to eliminate competition from […]

See also

• Realpolitik

German

Pronunciation

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Noun

Weltpolitik f (genitive Weltpolitik, plural Weltpolitiken)

1. (politics) world / global policy / politics

Declension

Declension of Weltpolitik [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Weltpolitik	die	Weltpolitiken
genitive	einer	der	Weltpolitik	der	Weltpolitiken
dative	einer	der	Weltpolitik	den	Weltpolitiken
accusative	eine	die	Weltpolitik	die	Weltpolitiken

Further reading

• “Weltpolitik” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• Weltpolitik on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de