WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024Reichs•tag (rīks′täg′; Ger. rīкнs′täk′),USA pronunciation n. [Ger. Hist.]- World Historythe lower house of the parliament during the period of the Second Reich and the Weimar Republic.
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Reichstag /ˈraiksˌtɑːɡ; German: ˈraiçstak/ n - the legislative assembly representing the people in the North German Confederation (1867–71) and in the German empire (1871–1919)
- 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