German

Alternative forms

• rotgrün

Adjective

rot-grün ‎(not comparable)

1. (politics, Germany) pertaining to a coalition between the SPD (a large social democratic party in Germany) and Bündnis 90/Die Grünen (the largest environmental party in Germany) (literally: red-green, derived from the colors representing these parties)
   • 2010, Der Spiegel, issue 32/2010, page 17:

     Das rot-grüne Gesetz sieht vor, dass bis 2022 alle Atomkraftwerke vom Netz gehen.

     The "red-green" law provides that all nuclear power pants are taken off the grid until 2022.

Declension