Volkskammern.

Brit.

/ˈfɒlkskamə/,

/ˈvɒlkskamə/,

/ˈvəʊkskamə/, U.S.

/ˈvoʊ(l)ksˌkæmər/,

/ˈfoʊ(l)ksˌkæmər/,

/ˈfɔlksˌkæmər/,

/ˈvɔlksˌkæmər/

Origin: A borrowing from German. Etymon: German Volkskammer.

Etymology: < German Volkskammer (1948 with reference to the proposed parliament of the German Democratic Republic, which came into existence on 7 October 1949) < Volks- , combining form of Volk people (see folk n.) + Kammer chamber n.Compare the following isolated earlier occurrence of the German noun in an English context with reference to a legislative body in Berlin during the Weimar Republic:1920 Mt. Pleasant (Iowa) Daily News 7 Jan. The grant was decided upon as a compromise when members of the volkskammer were asked to pass a law regarding midwives as officials of the state.

Now historical.

The parliament of the German Democratic Republic (1949–90).The Volkskammer was originally the lower house of a bicameral assembly (cf. quots. 1948, 1949) but became the sole chamber of a unicameral assembly following the dissolution of the upper house (the Länderkammer) in 1952.In quot. 1948 in the context of a draft constitution for what would become the German Democratic Republic (at that time the part of Germany occupied by the U.S.S.R.).

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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > other national governing or legislative bodies > [noun] > specifically in Germany

Reichstag1849

Bundestag1879

Reichsrat1919

Volkskammer1948

1948 N.Y. Times 22 Oct. (Late City ed.) 5/3 The constitution places all real governmental authority in the hands of a lower House of Parliament, which is called the Volkskammer.

1949 Times 8 Oct. 4 The German ‘People's Council’ proclaimed itself in Berlin yesterday to be the provisional Volkskammer, or Lower House, of the Parliament of the new ‘German Democratic Republic’.

1977 Whitaker's Almanack 865/1 Further amendments came into force on October 7, 1974 after adoption by the Volkskammer on September 27, 1974.

2011 R. Deveson tr. G. A. Ritter Price of German Unity ix. 197 The differences in benefits for women and families..between the GDR and the Federal Republic were set out in detailed synopses by the SPD group in the Volkskammer.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2022).

单词	volkskammer
释义	Volkskammern. Brit. /ˈfɒlkskamə/, /ˈvɒlkskamə/, /ˈvəʊkskamə/, U.S. /ˈvoʊ(l)ksˌkæmər/, /ˈfoʊ(l)ksˌkæmər/, /ˈfɔlksˌkæmər/, /ˈvɔlksˌkæmər/ Origin: A borrowing from German. Etymon: German Volkskammer. Etymology: < German Volkskammer (1948 with reference to the proposed parliament of the German Democratic Republic, which came into existence on 7 October 1949) < Volks- , combining form of Volk people (see folk n.) + Kammer chamber n.Compare the following isolated earlier occurrence of the German noun in an English context with reference to a legislative body in Berlin during the Weimar Republic:1920 Mt. Pleasant (Iowa) Daily News 7 Jan. The grant was decided upon as a compromise when members of the volkskammer were asked to pass a law regarding midwives as officials of the state. Now historical. The parliament of the German Democratic Republic (1949–90).The Volkskammer was originally the lower house of a bicameral assembly (cf. quots. 1948, 1949) but became the sole chamber of a unicameral assembly following the dissolution of the upper house (the Länderkammer) in 1952.In quot. 1948 in the context of a draft constitution for what would become the German Democratic Republic (at that time the part of Germany occupied by the U.S.S.R.). ΘΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > other national governing or legislative bodies > [noun] > specifically in Germany Reichstag1849 Bundestag1879 Reichsrat1919 society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > other national governing or legislative bodies > [noun] > in G.D.R. Volkskammer1948 1948 N.Y. Times 22 Oct. (Late City ed.) 5/3 The constitution places all real governmental authority in the hands of a lower House of Parliament, which is called the Volkskammer. 1949 Times 8 Oct. 4 The German ‘People's Council’ proclaimed itself in Berlin yesterday to be the provisional Volkskammer, or Lower House, of the Parliament of the new ‘German Democratic Republic’. 1977 Whitaker's Almanack 865/1 Further amendments came into force on October 7, 1974 after adoption by the Volkskammer on September 27, 1974. 2011 R. Deveson tr. G. A. Ritter Price of German Unity ix. 197 The differences in benefits for women and families..between the GDR and the Federal Republic were set out in detailed synopses by the SPD group in the Volkskammer. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2022). > as lemmas Volkskammer Volkskammer n. /ˈfɔlkskamər/ the parliament of the German Democratic Republic. ΚΠ 1949 Times 8 Oct. 4 The German ‘People's Council’ proclaimed itself in Berlin yesterday to be the provisional Volkskammer, or Lower House, of the Parliament of the new ‘German Democratic Republic’. 1977 Whitaker's Almanack 865/1 Further amendments came into force on October 7, 1974 after adoption by the Volkskammer on September 27, 1974. extracted from volkn. < n.1948 as lemmas
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