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bundestag

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for bundestag.

Editorial note

The goal of the system is to have the proportions in the Bundestag match the proportion of the vote.

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Quick take

The federal/state parliament of Germany.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of bundestag gathered in one view.

noun

The federal/state parliament of Germany.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for bundestag.

noun

The federal/state parliament of Germany.

Example sentences

1

The goal of the system is to have the proportions in the Bundestag match the proportion of the vote.

2

The Bundestag is a Parliament in which three quarter of representatives believe every word (well most words) that the Bundesbank says.

3

The change was clear: The Bundestag didn't look like either the Weimar Reichstag or the Nazi regime.

4

Is this account actually maintained by Bundestag (or other actual piece of state administration), or is it just a mirror?

5

In Germany, certain rules made in a process by the Bundestag are, by definition of the constitution, a Gesetz, and ’Gesetz’ is the german word for ’law’.

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In practice the Bundestag has the following demands foisted upon it by the European constitutaion: 1) the European commission can suspend any law, or any number of them, with immediate effect.

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When the Green Party emerged in the early 1980s, they made it into the Bundestag pretty quickly because they could draw votes from a large base of young voters (the babyboomers).

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True, they haven't really helped much in the economic crisis but if I compare the European Parliament to our Bundestag here in Germany, I can tell you that things could be worse.

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All revelations in the wake of Snowdens leak show that secret services around the world try to extend their capabilities and at the same time evade their responsibilities to report correctly to their government appointed controllers - be it the senate or the bundestag or whatever you call it in your country.

Quote examples

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I was in a hearing of a committee ("Enquete-Kommission Internet und digitale Gesellschaft") of the German Parliament (Bundestag) where the technical leader of the LiMux project mentioned the numbers in passing.

Proper noun examples

1

It may declare a law unconstitutional, but the burden of drafting a new law falls on the Bundestag.

2

Therefore the Piratenpartei have a narrow window of time in which to lodge a foot in the Bundestag.

3

A sovereign nation is a nation that has an organisation that decides what it wants to do that cannot be overridden (like the Bundestag).

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use bundestag in a sentence?

The goal of the system is to have the proportions in the Bundestag match the proportion of the vote.

What does bundestag mean?

The federal/state parliament of Germany.

What part of speech is bundestag?

bundestag is commonly used as noun.