Reichstag

American  

[rahyks-tahg, rahykhs-tahk] / ˈraɪksˌtɑg, ˈraɪxsˌtɑk /

noun

German History.

1. the lower house of the parliament during the period of the Second Reich and the Weimar Republic.

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Reichstag British  

/ ˈraiçstak, ˈraiksˌtɑːɡ /

noun

1. Also called: diet.  (in medieval Germany) the estates or a meeting of the estates

2. the legislative assembly representing the people in the North German Confederation (1867–71) and in the German empire (1871–1919)

3. the sovereign assembly of the Weimar Republic (1919–33)

4. the building in Berlin in which this assembly met and from 1999 in which the German government meets: its destruction by fire on Feb 27, 1933 (probably by agents of the Nazi government) marked the end of Weimar democracy. It was restored in the 1990s following German reunification

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Etymology

Origin of Reichstag

< German: Reich diet

Example Sentences

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Reichstag

The leading architect's previous work has included the Gherkin office block and the Great Court of the British Museum in London, and the Reichstag dome in Berlin.

From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2025

Hitler vowed to secure 51% in the November Reichstag elections, but he lost two million votes and four percentage points.

From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2024

"It's not like Berlin in 1945, when you stuck a flag over the Reichstag and that was that."

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2023

The emperor credited von Tirpitz with persuading the Reichstag to expand the country’s fleet to rival Britain’s.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 1, 2023

The Reichstag is the parliament building, the seat of government in Berlin.

From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti