East Germany

proper noun

A former Communist country of Central Europe, existing between 1949 and 1990. Official name: German Democratic Republic. Capital: East Berlin.

Meanings

proper noun
  1. historicalA former Communist country of Central Europe, existing between 1949 and 1990. Official name: German Democratic Republic. Capital: East Berlin.
    2 more examples

    Subsequently, the GDR’s antifascist tradition would be diluted, distorted, and refashioned into an ahistorical national origins myth in which the citizens of East Germany were officially proclaimed the “victors of history,” but where little space remained for the real and complicated history, not to mention ambivalent role of Stalinized Communism, behind it.

    2017 May 28, Loren Balhorn, “The Lost History of Antifa”, in Jacobin Magazine

    In August 2021, Williams visited the Republic of Molossia, an 11.3-acre micronation in Nevada that declared independence from the United States of America in 1998, where he was given a personal tour by “His Excellency President Kevin Baugh.” He learned about the Republic of Molossia’s ongoing “war” with now-defunct East Germany, how the local currency (the “valora”) is backed by chocolate chip cookie dough instead of gold, and had his passport stamped and his photo taken on the “border” with the United States.

    2023 June 8, Richard Collett, “He ran out of countries to visit, so he created his own”, in CNN
  2. A geographic region of Germany, consisting of the states formerly part of the Cold War-era East Germany, also known as Eastern Germany.

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Translations

Afrikaans Oos-Duitsland
  • Oos-Duitslandformer European country
Arabic أَلْمَانِيَا الشَّرْقِيَّة
  • أَلْمَانِيَا الشَّرْقِيَّة (ʔalmāniyā š-šarqiyya)former European country
Basque Ekialdeko Alemania
  • Ekialdeko Alemaniaformer European country
Bengali পূর্ব জার্মানি
  • পূর্ব জার্মানি (purbo jarmani)former European country
Bulgarian И́зточна Герма́ния
  • И́зточна Герма́ния (Íztočna Germánija)former European country
Catalan Alemanya Oriental
  • Alemanya Orientalformer European country
Chinese Mandarin 東德 /东德
  • 東德 /东德 (Dōng Dé)former European country
Czech Východní Německo
  • Východní Německoformer European country
Danish Østtyskland
  • Østtysklandformer European country
Dutch Oost-Duitsland
  • Oost-Duitslandformer European country
Esperanto Orienta Germanio
  • Orienta Germanioformer European country
Estonian Ida-Saksamaa
  • Ida-Saksamaaformer European country
Finnish Itä-Saksa
  • Itä-Saksaformer European country
French Allemagne de l'Est
  • Allemagne de l'Estformer European country
German Ostdeutschland
  • Ostdeutschlandformer European country
Greek Ανατολική Γερμανία
  • Ανατολική Γερμανία (Anatolikí Germanía)former European country
Hebrew גֶּרְמַנְיָה הַמִּזְרָחִית
  • גֶּרְמַנְיָה הַמִּזְרָחִית (germánya ha-mizrakhít)former European country
Hindi पूर्वी जर्मनी
  • पूर्वी जर्मनी (pūrvī jarmanī)former European country
Hungarian Kelet-Németország
  • Kelet-Németországformer European country
Icelandic Austur-Þýskaland
  • Austur-Þýskalandformer European country
Indonesian Jerman Timur
  • Jerman Timurformer European country
Irish an Oir-Ghearmáin
  • an Oir-Ghearmáinformer European country
Italian Germania Est
  • Germania Estformer European country
Japanese 東ドイツ, 東独
  • 東ドイツ (Higashi Doitsu)former European country
  • 東独 (Tōdoku)former European country
Korean 동독, 동부 도이췰란드
  • 동독 (Dongdok)former European country
  • 동부 도이췰란드 (Dongbu doichwillandeu)former European country
Latin Germania Orientalis
  • Germania Orientalisformer European country
Latvian Austrumvācija
  • Austrumvācijaformer European country
Lithuanian Rytų Vokietija
  • Rytų Vokietijaformer European country
Malay Jerman Timur
  • Jerman Timurformer European country
Norwegian Bokmål Øst-Tyskland
  • Øst-Tysklandformer European country
Persian آلمان شرقی
  • آلمان شرقی (âlmân-e šarqi)former European country
Polish Niemcy Wschodnie
  • Niemcy Wschodnieformer European country
Portuguese Alemanha Oriental
  • Alemanha Orientalformer European country
Romanian Germania de Est
  • Germania de Estformer European country
Russian Восто́чная Герма́ния
  • Восто́чная Герма́ния (Vostóčnaja Germánija)former European country
Slovak Východné Nemecko
  • Východné Nemeckoformer European country
Spanish Alemania Oriental
  • Alemania Orientalformer European country
Swahili Ujerumani Mashariki
  • Ujerumani Masharikiformer European country
Swedish Östtyskland
  • Östtysklandformer European country
Turkish Doğu Almanya
  • Doğu Almanyaformer European country
Ukrainian Схі́дна Німе́ччина
  • Схі́дна Німе́ччина (Sxídna Niméččyna)former European country
Urdu مَشْرِقی جَرْمَنی
  • مَشْرِقی جَرْمَنی (maśriqī jarmanī)former European country
Vietnamese Đông Đức
  • Đông Đứcformer European country
Welsh Dwyrain Almaen
  • Dwyrain Almaenformer European country
Yiddish מזרח דײַטשלאַנד
  • מזרח דײַטשלאַנד (mizrekh daytshland)former European country
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APA

East Germany. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/East%20Germany

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“East Germany.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/East%20Germany. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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