Kaiserthum

Kaiserthum (Modern German spelling Kaisertum, pronounced [ˈkaɪzɐˌtuːm] ^ⓘ; literal translation"}]],"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"literal translation","href":"./Template:Literal_translation"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"''[[Kaiser]]''-dom"}},"i":0}}]}">lit. 'Kaiser-dom'; pl. Kaisertümer [ˈkaɪzɐˌtyːmɐ] ^ⓘ) is a German word for Empire in its meaning as a state ruled over by an Emperor, used in the 18th and 19th centuries.^[1] It is most known as a description of the Empire of Austria after its creation in 1804.^[2] A later used German term for it is Kaiserreich.