Landtag

American  

[lahnt-tahkh] / ˈlɑntˌtɑx /

noun

History/Historical.

1. the legislature of certain states in Germany.

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Landtag British  

/ ˈlɑːntˌtɑːk /

noun

1. the legislative assembly of each state in present-day Germany and Austria

2. the estates of principalities in medieval and modern Germany

3. the assembly of numerous states in 19th-century Germany

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Etymology

Origin of Landtag

< German: literally, land parliament. See day, diet ²

Example Sentences

Police in the German state of Bavaria will have new powers to use forensic DNA profiling after a controversial law passed today in the Landtag, the state parliament in Munich.

From Science Magazine

AfD has already tasted power - it has seats in regional parliaments, including the Landtag that sits in this magnificent schloss.

From BBC

A Landtag was first called together in 1387, and the landgraves were constantly at variance with the electors of Mainz, who had large temporal possessions in the country.

From Project Gutenberg

In the Landtag Liebknecht recommenced his fight against militarism.

From Project Gutenberg

Landtag, lant′tahh, n. the legislative assembly of one of the states forming the modern German empire, as Saxony, Bavaria, &c.: the provincial assembly of Bohemia or Moravia.

From Project Gutenberg