Metternich

American  

[met-uhr-nikh, met-er-nik] / ˈmɛt ər nɪx, ˈmɛt ər nɪk /

noun

1. Prince Klemens Wenzel Nepomuk Lothar von 1773–1859, Austrian statesman and diplomat.

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Metternich British  

/ ˈmɛtərnɪç /

noun

1. Klemens (ˈkleːməns). 1773–1859, Austrian statesman. He became foreign minister (1809) and made a significant contribution to the Congress of Vienna (1815). From 1821 to 1848 he was both foreign minister and chancellor of Austria and is noted for his defence of autocracy in Europe

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• Metternichian
  adjective

Example Sentences

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, channeling Metternich, identified in 2003 is the old Central Europe.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025

Austria’s master statesman, Klemens von Metternich, sustained the balance until the revolutions of 1848.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025

Kissinger wants to be the new Metternich, who molds a new European order through the restoration of the old order’s principles.

From Slate • Dec. 16, 2022

At the dawn of the 19th century, Prince Metternich of Austria famously negotiated a century of peace among the European kingdoms that had fought one another nonstop for a hundred years.

From New York Times • Oct. 26, 2021

If I’d just watched my ex-boyfriend kiss Taylor Metternich, which path would I take?

From "Leah on the Offbeat" by Becky Albertalli