12 points
This has to be an error. “Top candidates,” in case it saves anyone a click.
27 points
No, it’s used, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spitzenkandidat
21 points
I swear… We English speakers seem to view German compound words as some sort of untranslatable magic. I bet they pronounce it horribly as well.
7 points
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It’s relatively straightforward to pronounce, “spit-sin-candy-dat” is reasonably close to the German pronunciation.