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Definition of weimar

weimar

/ˈvaɪmɑːr/
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weimar Lexical Profile

• noun

1

The German republic founded at Weimar in 1919 (officially the German Reich), which governed Germany during a period of immense cultural innovation and economic instability until the rise of the Nazi Party in 1933.

Example

"The hyperinflation of the early 1920s severely destabilized the political landscape of Weimar."

2

A historic city in the federal state of Thuringia, central Germany, renowned for its classical literary heritage, as the birthplace of the Bauhaus architectural movement, and as the site where the 1919 German constitution was drafted.

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Word Origin & Etymology

Derived from Old High German 'wīhmari', meaning 'holy lake' or 'holy swamp'. The city gave its name to the Weimar Republic, as the first democratic German constitution was drafted there in 1919.

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Wordmom. (2026). Definition of Weimar. In Wordmom Dictionary. Retrieved Nov 5, 2026, from https://wordmom.com/dictionary/weimar
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