Reichstag

[ rahyks-tahg; German rahykhs-tahk ]

/ ˈraɪksˌtɑg; German ˈraɪxsˌtɑk /

noun German History.

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

Origin of Reichstag

< German: Reich diet

Example sentences from the Web for reichstag

Indeed, Hitler vowed in a speech to the Reichstag that he would honor the Dutch stance.

Anne Frank’s Amsterdam |Russell Shorto |October 12, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
The text of the resolution adopted by the Reichstag is included as document 5, post p. 183.

Readings on Fascism and National Socialism |Various
The debates in the Reichstag have been quite interesting yesterday and the day before.

Face to Face with Kaiserism |James W. Gerard
The attitude of the Reichstag on any question is not determined at the party caucuses nor during sessions.

Germany, The Next Republic? |Carl W. Ackerman

Bismarck and the anti-clerical majority of the Reichstag scorned any thoughts of surrender.

The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) |John Holland Rose
One instance occurred in the very first sitting of the Reichstag after hostilities had begun.

England and Germany |Emile Joseph Dillon

British Dictionary definitions for reichstag

Reichstag

/ (ˈraiksˌtɑːɡ, German ˈraiçstak) /

noun

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

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

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

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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Reichstag

noun German History.

Origin of Reichstag

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British Dictionary definitions for reichstag

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