Weimar

[vahy-mahr, wahy-]

noun

1. a city in Thuringia, in central Germany.

Weimar

/ ˈvaimar /

noun

1. a city in E central Germany, in Thuringia: a cultural centre in the 18th and early 19th century; scene of the adoption (1919) of the constitution of the Weimar Republic. Pop: 64 409 (2003 est)

Other Word Forms

• Weimarian adjective

Example Sentences

Thousands flocked to the city of Weimar for a recent festival that celebrated the linguistic tradition with workshops, cabaret performances and even heart-stopping circus acrobatics.

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Conspiracy theorist Jack Posobiec, one of the attendees, insisted that “antifa is real” and there were “various iterations” that go “back to Weimar Republic in Germany.”

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It isn’t an alien invasion or a rerun of the Weimar Republic, and it wasn’t caused by one individual, no matter how much he brags about it.

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Second, some gold fans point back to instances such as the Weimar Republic in Germany in 1923, when the paper currency was rendered worthless by the greatest example of hyperinflation in recorded history.

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The Emcee’s funhouse reflection signifies not only how straight culture ogles the novelty of a newly surfaced queer society in Weimar Berlin but also how that queer community ogles at the novelty of itself.

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