Reichskanzler

English

Etymology

From German Reichskanzler.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

Reichskanzler (plural Reichskanzlers or Reichskanzler)

1. (historical) The German Chancellor or head of state 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.

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German

Etymology

Reich +‎ -s- +‎ Kanzler

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʀaɪ̯çsˌkantslɐ/

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• Hyphenation: Reichs‧kanz‧ler

Noun

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

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

Further reading

• “Reichskanzler” in Duden online
• “Reichskanzler” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache