Reichstag

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Reichstag (“imperial parliament”).

Proper noun

Reichstag

  1. The diet of the Holy Roman Empire
  2. The lower chamber of the federal parliament of Germany until 1945
  3. The building in Berlin that houses the Bundestag of modern Germany

Translations

See also

German

Etymology

Reich (“empire”) +‎ Tag (“convention, congress”) (dated).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʁaɪ̯çstaːk/
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  • Hyphenation: Reichs‧tag

Proper noun

Reichstag m (proper noun, strong, genitive Reichstages or Reichstags, plural Reichstage)

  1. Reichstag, the lower chamber of the federal parliament of Germany until 1945
  2. The Reichstag building in Berlin housing the Bundestag nowadays.

Declension
Declension of Reichstag [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Reichstag die Reichstage
genitive eines des Reichstages, Reichstags der Reichstage
dative einem dem Reichstag, Reichstage1 den Reichstagen
accusative einen den Reichstag die Reichstage

1Now rare, see notes.

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