A sudden attempt by a group to overthrow a government.
[German, from German dialectal, from Middle High German, thrust, of imitative origin.]
putschist putsch'ist n.
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putsch Putsch (pʊch) ![]() |
[German, from German dialectal, from Middle High German, thrust, of imitative origin.]
putschist putsch'ist n.| Wordsmith Words: putsch |
(pooch)
noun
A secretly plotted, sudden attempt to overthrow a government.
Etymology
From Swiss German Putsch (thrust, blow)
An infamous example was the Beer Hall Putsch of 1923. Hitler and his cohorts stormed a beer hall in Munich where a meeting of the Bavarian government was taking place. The putsch failed and they were sentenced to prison. This attempt gave Hitler national attention and he decided to gain power by legal means. It was during this imprisonment that he wrote Mein Kampf (My Struggle).
| WordNet: putsch |
The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
a sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force
Synonyms: coup d'etat, coup, takeover
| Translations: Putsch |
Nederlands (Dutch)
staatsgreep
Deutsch (German)
n. - Staatsstreich, Putsch
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - πραξικόπημα
Português (Portuguese)
n. - golpe (m)
Español (Spanish)
n. - golpe de Estado
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - kupp, uppror
中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
暴动, 政变, 骚乱
中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 暴動, 政變, 騷亂
한국어 (Korean)
n. - 반란, 폭동, 정부전복기도
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) عصيان مسلح
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - הפיכת נפל, פוטש
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