West Germany

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West Germany

Etymology

From informal use describing the British-, French-, and American-occupied zones of Germany following World War II, under influence from existing German Westdeutschland and Westdeutscher used to describe those areas of German-speaking Europe since the 17th and 18th centuries.^[1]

Pronunciation

Audio (Southern England): (file)

Proper noun

West Germany

(historical, 1949–1990) A former country in Central Europe, distinguished from the German Democratic Republic, commonly known as East Germany. Official name: Federal Republic of Germany.
(since 1990) The former areas of the Republic during that time, distinguished from the former East German areas.
(historical, uncommon, 1945–1949) Collectively, the British-, French-, and American-occupied zones of Germany, distinguished from the Soviet-occupied zone.

Synonyms

Related terms

West German, Wessi
East Germany, East German, Ossi

Translations

former European country

Afrikaans: Wes-Duitsland
Albanian: Gjermania Perëndimore f
Arabic: أَلْمَانِيَا الْغَرْبِيَّة f (ʔalmāniyā l-ḡarbiyya)
Armenian: Արևմտյան Գերմանիա (Arewmtyan Germania)
Azerbaijani: Qərbi Almaniya
Belarusian: Захо́дняя Герма́нія f (Zaxódnjaja Hjermánija), Захо́дняя Няме́ччына f (Zaxódnjaja Njamjéččyna)
Bengali: পশ্চিম জার্মানি (pościm jarmani)
Bulgarian: За́падна Герма́ния f (Západna Germánija)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 西德 (sai¹ dak¹)

Mandarin: 西德 (zh) (Xī Dé)
Czech: Západní Německo (cs) n
Danish: Vesttyskland n
Dutch: West-Duitsland (nl) n
Estonian: Lääne-Saksamaa
Faroese: Vesturtýskland n
Finnish: Länsi-Saksa (fi)
French: Allemagne de l’Ouest (fr)
Georgian: დასავლეთი გერმანია (dasavleti germania)
German: Westdeutschland (de)
Greek: Δυτική Γερμανία f (Dytikí Germanía)
Hebrew: גֶּרְמַנְיָה הַמַּעֲרָבִית f (germánya ha-ma'aravít)
Hindi: पश्चिम जर्मनी m (paścim jarmanī)
Hungarian: Nyugat-Németország (hu)
Icelandic: Vestur-Þýskaland n
Indonesian: Jerman Barat
Irish: an Iar-Ghearmáin f
Italian: Germania Ovest f
Japanese: 西ドイツ (ja) (にしドイツ, Nishi doitsu)
Kazakh: Батыс Германия (Batys Germaniä)
Korean: 서독(西獨) (ko) (Seodok), 서부 도이췰란드 (Seobu doichwillandeu) (North Korea)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: Almanyaya Rojava
Kyrgyz: Батыш Германия (Batış Germaniya)
Latvian: Rietumvācija f
Lithuanian: Vakarų Vokietija f
Macedonian: Западна Германија (mk) f (Zapadna Germanija)
Malay: Jerman Barat
Maltese: il-Ġermanja tal-Punent f
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: Баруун Герман (Baruun German)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Vest-Tyskland n
Pashto: لویدیځ المان (loediź almān)
Persian: آلمان غربی (âlmân-e ğarbi)
Polish: Niemcy Zachodnie (pl) pl
Portuguese: Alemanha Ocidental (pt) f
Romanian: Germania de Vest f, Germania Occidentală f
Russian: За́падная Герма́ния (ru) f (Západnaja Germánija)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Западна Нѐмачка̄ f, Западна Њѐмачка̄ f

Roman: Zapadna Nèmačkā f, Zapadna Njèmačkā f
Slovak: Západné Nemecko n
Slovene: Zahodna Nemčija f
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: Pódwjacorna Nimska f
Spanish: Alemania Occidental f, Alemania del Oeste f, Alemania Federal f
Swahili: Ujerumani Magharibi
Swedish: Västtyskland (sv) n
Tagalog: Kanlurang Alemanya
Tajik: Олмони Ғарбӣ (Olmon-i Ġarbi), Германияи Ғарбӣ (Germaniya-yi Ġarbi)
Tatar: Көнбатыш Германия (Könbatış Germaniyä)
Telugu: పశ్చిమ జర్మనీ (paścima jarmanī)
Thai: เยอรมนีตะวันตก
Turkish: Batı Almanya (tr)
Turkmen: Günbatar Germaniýa
Ukrainian: За́хідна Німе́ччина f (Záxidna Niméččyna)
Urdu: مَغْرِبی جَرْمَنی m (maġribī jarmanī)
Uyghur: غەربىي گېرمانىيە (gherbiy gërmaniye)
Uzbek: Gʻarbiy Germaniya
Vietnamese: Tây Đức (西德)
Volapük: Vesüda-Deutän (vo)
Welsh: Gorllewin Almaen m
Yiddish: מערבֿ דײַטשלאַנד n (mayrev daytshland)

Federal Republic of Germany — see Federal Republic of Germany

References

^ Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd ed. "West German, adj. and n." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 2012.

[1] Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd ed. "West German, adj. and n." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 2012.

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