Meanings
politics (profession of conducting political affairs)
in die Politik gehento go into politics
policy (principle of action applied or followed by a government or organization)
eine bestimmte Politik verfolgento pursue a certain policy
collective · colloquialpoliticians (the political actors of a nation or other organization, generalized into a singular collective agent)
Das wird niemals funktionieren, aber die Politik will das nicht verstehen.It will never work, but politicians refuse to understand that.
Examples
GermanEnglish
Sind Sie für oder gegen diese Politik?Are you for or against that policy?
Er hat von der Politik Abstand genommen.He distanced himself from politics.