Reichskanzler
English
Etymology
From German Reichskanzler.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɹʌɪxsˌkan(t)slə/, /ˈɹʌɪksˌkan(t)slə/
Noun
Reichskanzler (plural Reichskanzlers or Reichskanzler)
- (historical) The German Chancellor or head of government from 1871 to 1945; specifically (from 1933 to 1945), Adolf Hitler as head of the Third Reich. [from 19th c.]
- 2001, Anthea Bell, translating WG Sebald, Austerlitz, Penguin 2011, p. 236:
- Maximilian, in spite of the cheerful disposition which he shared with Agáta, had been convinced […] that the parvenus who had come to power in Germany […] had abandoned themselves from the first to a blind lust for conquest and destruction, taking its cue from the magic word thousand which the Reichskanzler, as we could all hear on the wireless, repeated constantly in his speeches.
- 2001, Anthea Bell, translating WG Sebald, Austerlitz, Penguin 2011, p. 236:
German
Etymology
Reich + -s- + Kanzler
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʁaɪ̯çsˌkantslɐ/
Audio (Germany) (file) - Hyphenation: Reichs‧kanz‧ler
Noun
Reichskanzler m (strong, genitive Reichskanzlers, plural Reichskanzler, feminine Reichskanzlerin)
- (historical) Reichskanzler (male or of unspecified gender)
Declension
Declension of Reichskanzler [masculine, strong]
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | ein | der | Reichskanzler | die | Reichskanzler |
genitive | eines | des | Reichskanzlers | der | Reichskanzler |
dative | einem | dem | Reichskanzler | den | Reichskanzlern |
accusative | einen | den | Reichskanzler | die | Reichskanzler |
Further reading
- “Reichskanzler” in Duden online
- “Reichskanzler” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache