Reichstag
Americannoun
noun
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Also called: diet. (in medieval Germany) the estates or a meeting of the estates
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the legislative assembly representing the people in the North German Confederation (1867–71) and in the German empire (1871–1919)
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the sovereign assembly of the Weimar Republic (1919–33)
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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
Etymology
Origin of Reichstag
< German: Reich diet
Example Sentences
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Wait, don’t you have to burn the Reichstag first?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
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
"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 on fire!" blares the radio newscaster.
From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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