# das Dreiklassenwahlrecht

das Dreiklassenwahlrecht is a German noun meaning “three-class suffrage, three-class franchise: a form of census suffrage used in Prussia in which voters were divided into three classes based on how much they paid in taxes, with the votes of those who paid more taxes (the rich) given more weight”. Forms: des Dreiklassenwahlrechtes, die Dreiklassenwahlrechte.

## Forms

- Genitive: des Dreiklassenwahlrechtes
- Plural: die Dreiklassenwahlrechte

## In other languages

- Русский: трёхклассное избирательное право

## Meanings

1. _historical_ three-class suffrage, three-class franchise: a form of census suffrage used in Prussia in which voters were divided into three classes based on how much they paid in taxes, with the votes of those who paid more taxes (the rich) given more weight

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