Bundestag

American  

[boon-duhs-tahg, boon-duhs-tahk] / ˈbʊn dəsˌtɑg, ˈbʊn dəsˌtɑk /

noun

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

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Bundestag British  

/ 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

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Bundestag Cultural  

1. The lower house of the legislature of Germany.

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Etymology

Origin of Bundestag

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

Example Sentences

Dobrindt on Tuesday promised that this week the lower house of parliament, the Bundestag, would adopt a new law aimed at better protecting critical infrastructure.

From Barron's • Jan. 27, 2026

Mr. Merz and the SPD need that support to pass anything through the Bundestag with the coalition’s 12-seat majority.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 3, 2025

This was enough to surpass the threshold to sit in the Bundestag, Germany’s parliament.

From Slate • Nov. 19, 2025

However, it said that if the security situation worsened or if there too few volunteers came forward, the government could decide to use compulsion with the approval of the German parliament, the Bundestag.

From BBC • Aug. 27, 2025

The German Danish war Bundestag mobilized three divisions of the allied German federation.

From A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) by Emerson, Edwin