Reichstag

[ rahyks-tahg; German rahykhs-tahk ]

noun

, German History.

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

Reichstag

/ ˈraiçstak; ˈraiksˌtɑːɡ /

noun

1. Also calleddiet (in medieval Germany) the estates or a meeting of the estates
2. the legislative assembly representing the people in the North German Confederation (1867–71) and in the German empire (1871–1919)
3. the sovereign assembly of the Weimar Republic (1919–33)
4. 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Reichstag¹

< German: Reich diet

Example Sentences

Milley is one of dozens of former Trump administration officials to come out against the former president, He shared with Woodward that he spent the last weeks of the Trump administration warning against a potential coup, saying that he could pull “a Reichstag moment.”

From Salon

All this anti-foreigner, anti-immigrant foment by Trump and Vance, the doubling down on hate speech and outright lies, reminds me of Hitler’s election campaign rhetoric leading up to the November 6, 1932, Reichstag elections, inflammatory rhetoric that had already resulted in a foreign worker being bludgeoned to death by a group of rightwing vigilantes in the village of Potempa that August.

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Was Trump’s coup attempt on Jan. 6 an American Reichstag Fire moment?

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Like everyone, I was riveted and horrified while watching the live coverage from the Capitol on January 6, and absolutely felt like this was America’s Reichstag moment.

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Then it truly felt like our Reichstag moment.

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