Etymology

West Germany

Today it means: A former country in Central Europe, distinguished from the German Democratic Republic, commonly known as East Germany. Official name: Federal Republic of Germany. Full definition →

German Westdeutschland
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  1. German · derived fromWestdeutschland
  2. English todayWest Germany

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.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.