Reichskanzler

English

Etymology

From German Reichskanzler.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɹʌɪxsˌkan(t)slə/, /ˈɹʌɪksˌkan(t)slə/

Noun

Reichskanzler (plural Reichskanzlers or Reichskanzler)

1. (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, WG Sebald, translated by Anthea Bell, Austerlitz, Penguin, published 2011, page 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.

German

Etymology

Reich +‎ -s- +‎ Kanzler

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʁaɪ̯çsˌkantslɐ/

• Audio (Germany)

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• Hyphenation: Reichs‧kanz‧ler

Noun

Reichskanzler m (strong, genitive Reichskanzlers, plural Reichskanzler, feminine Reichskanzlerin)

1. (historical) Reichskanzler (male or of unspecified gender)

Declension

Declension of Reichskanzler [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	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