Meanings
adjectiveEast German (not comparable)
- not comparableOf, from, or pertaining to East Germany, its people, or its culture.
nounEast German (plural East Germans)
plural East Germans
- An East German person; one who comes from or lives in East Germany.
After 1945 West Germans wisely shunned the word. The East Germans were less inhibited: it was now the West German media that became the capitalist and fascist Lügenpresse.
2016 November 24, “America’s alt-right learns to speak Nazi: “Lügenpresse””, in The Economist, archived from the original on 18 Nov 2020
Translations
Czech východoněmecký
- východoněmeckýof or pertaining to East Germany
Danish østtysk, østtysk
- østtyskof or pertaining to East Germany
- østtyskof or pertaining to an East German, East Germans
- østtyskEast German
- østtyskerEast German person
Dutch Oost-Duits, Oost-Duits
- Oost-Duitsof or pertaining to East Germany
- Oost-Duitsof or pertaining to an East German, East Germans
- Oost-DuitsEast German
- Oost-DuitserEast German person
- Oost-DuitseEast German person
Finnish itäsaksalainen, itäsaksalainen
- itäsaksalainenof or pertaining to East Germany
- itäsaksalainenof or pertaining to an East German, East Germans
- itäsaksalainenEast German
- itäsaksalainenEast German person
French est-allemand, est-allemand
- est-allemandof or pertaining to East Germany
- est-allemandof or pertaining to an East German, East Germans
- est-allemandEast German
- est-allemandEast German person
- est-allemandeEast German person
German ostdeutsch, ostdeutsch
- ostdeutschof or pertaining to East Germany
- ostdeutschof or pertaining to an East German, East Germans
- ostdeutschEast German
- OstdeutscherEast German person
- OstdeutscheEast German person
Icelandic austurþýskur
- austurþýskurof or pertaining to East Germany
Italian tedesco-orientale, tedesca-orientale
- tedesco-orientaleof or pertaining to East Germany
- tedesca-orientaleof or pertaining to East Germany
- tedesco-orientaleof or pertaining to an East German, East Germans
- tedesca-orientaleof or pertaining to an East German, East Germans
- tedesco-orientaleEast German
- tedesca-orientaleEast German
- tedesco-orientaleEast German person
- tedesca-orientaleEast German person
Norwegian østtysk, østtysker
- østtyskEast German
- østtyskerEast German person
Polish wschodnioniemiecki, wschodnioniemiecki
- wschodnioniemieckiof or pertaining to East Germany
- wschodnioniemieckiEast German
Romanian est-german, est-german
- est-germanof or pertaining to East Germany
- est-germanEast German person
Swedish östtysk, östtysk
- östtyskof or pertaining to East Germany
- östtyskof or pertaining to an East German, East Germans
- östtyskEast German
- östtyskEast German person
Cite this entry
APA
East German. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/East%20German
MLA
“East German.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/East%20German. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “East German,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/East%20German.
Source: East German on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.