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

the lower chamber of the federal parliament of Germany until 1945

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 帝國議會 / 帝国议会 (dìguó yìhuì)

• Czech: říšský sněm m
• Danish: Rigsdag c (parliament), Rigsdagsbygning c (building in Berlin)
• Dutch: Rijksdag m
• Georgian: რაიხსტაგი (raixsṭagi)
• German: Reichstag (de) m
• Greek: Ράιχσταγκ (Ráichstagk)
• Icelandic: Ríkisdagur m
• Japanese: ライヒスターク (Raihisutāku)
• Luxembourgish: Räichsdag
• Persian: رایشتاگ (râyštâg)
• Russian: Рейхста́г m (Rejxstág)
• Spanish: Reichstag m
• Swabian: Reichsdag
• Swedish: Reichstag (sv) c
• Ukrainian: Рейхста́г m (Rejxstáh)

See also

• Bundestag

German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʁaɪ̯çstaːk/

• Audio:

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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.

Further reading

• “Reichstag” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Reichstag” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Reichstag” in Duden online
• Reichstag on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de