Glossary
| German | Translation |
| Reich | Commonwealth |
| Reichs- | of the Commonwealth, national |
| Reichsarbeiterrat | National Workers’ Council |
| Reichsgericht | National Judicial Court |
| Reichskanzler | National Chancellor |
| Reichsminister | National Minister |
| Reichsministerium, pl.,-ien | National Department |
| Reichsprasident | President of the Commonwealth, National President |
| Reichsrat | National Council |
| Reichsregierung | National Cabinet |
| Reichstag | National Assembly |
| Reichsverwaltungsgericht | National Administration Court |
| Reichswirtschaftsrat | National Economic Council |
| Land | State (as integral part of the Commonwealth) |
| Landes- | of the State, State |
| Landesregierung | State Cabinet |
| Landtag | State Assembly |
| Wahlprufungsgericht | Electoral Commission |
| Staat | country, state (one of the family of nations); referring to Germany, it designates the Commonwealth and separate States as a single political entity. |
| Staatsgerichtshof | Supreme Judicial Court |
| staatlich | political |
| freistaatlich | republican |