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

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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The alliance of German industrialists and Nazi storm troopers almost a century ago weakened and ultimately sank the Weimar Republic.

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But now an extremist group, the Alternative for Germany or AfD, may become that nation’s biggest political party, just as the Nazis did in the waning days of Weimar.

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It is said that the Weimar Republic died twice.

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Adolf Hitler and his closest lieutenants understood democratic structures and processes as well as anyone in the era, and set about disabling then dismantling the Weimar Republic.

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