Bundestag

[ boon-duhs-tahg; German boon-duhs-tahk ]

noun

1. the lower house of the federal legislature of Germany.

Bundestag

/ ˈbʊndəsˌtɑːɡ /

noun

1. (in Germany and formerly in West Germany) the legislative assembly, which is elected by universal adult suffrage and elects the federal chancellor

Bundestag

1. The lower house of the legislature of Germany .

Word History and Origins

Origin of Bundestag¹

1875–80; < German: federal assembly, equivalent to Bundes, genitive of Bund federation + -tag, derivative of tagen to meet, assemble; diet ²

Word History and Origins

Origin of Bundestag¹

C19: German, from Bund federation + -tag , from tagen to meet

Example Sentences

Through a complicated process involving both first-past-the-post and proportional representation, seats in the Bundestag are distributed among the parties.

From Time

When this happens, the Bundestag expands beyond its 598 seats by adding even more members from party lists to ensure each party’s seat total aligns with its party-preference vote share.

From FiveThirtyEight

The Green Party, which put forward its first ever candidate for chancellor, is expected to jump from the sixth to third largest party in the Bundestag, Germany’s federal legislature.

From Time

She was elected to the Bundestag, Germany’s parliament, in 2013, for a seat in Potsdam, a small picturesque city just west of Berlin.

From Time

Due to Germany’s electoral system, which can assign additional seats, the size of the Bundestag often fluctuates.

From FiveThirtyEight

The Bundestag meeting at the same time called for military measures against the insurgents.

From Project Gutenberg

By the time the German Bundestag adjourned, on July 13, everything seemed full of promise.

From Project Gutenberg

He aslo, in the constitution for the new confederation, introduced a parliament (Bundestag) elected by universal suffrage.

From Project Gutenberg

All the members of the Bundestag were to protect Germany, and each individual State, against every attack.

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