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Bun⋅des⋅tag

  [boon-duhs-tahg; Ger. boon-duhs-tahk]
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–noun
the lower house of the federal legislature of Germany.
Origin:
1875–80; < G: federal assembly, equiv. to Bundes, gen. of Bund federation + -tag, deriv. of tagen to meet, assemble; see diet 2
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Bundestag [(boon-duhs-tahg)]

The lower house of the legislature of Germany.

The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Bundestag 
Ger. federal council, 1879, from Ger., from gen. of Bund "league, confederacy, association" (related to Eng. band and bind) + tag, lit. "day;" as a verb, tagen, meaning "to sit in conference" (c.f. adjourn).
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