Etymograph

English

Reichskanzler

Reichskanzler comes from German Reichskanzler.

  1. Germanc. 1650–presentReichskanzler
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2001same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

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  1. Germanc. 1650–presentReichskanzler
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2001same form

Earliest quotation: 2001, WG Sebald, Austerlitz: “Maximilian, in spite of the cheerful disposition which he…”

Today it means

noun The German Chancellor or head of government from 1871 to 1945; specifically (from 1933 to 1945), Adolf Hitler as head of the Third Reich.

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Etymograph / German Reichskanzler / Reichskanzler