Bundestag

noun

Bun·​des·​tag

-dəˌstäk,

German -tääk

plural -s

: an assembly of representatives of a bund (such as the assembly of the German Confederacy of 1815 or the lower house of parliament of the Federal Republic of Germany)

Word History

Etymology

German, from Bundes (genitive of Bund federation) + -tag (from Middle High German, probably from tagen to hold court, to hold a meeting, from tag-, tac day, from Old High German tag)

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