West German

1. not comparableOf, from, or pertaining to West 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

   1 more example

   The first Antifas functioned as platforms to organize against far-right groups like the National Democratic Party (NPD) in an autonomist movement still numbering in the tens of thousands of active members and capable of occupying entire city blocks in some West German metropoles.

   2017 May 28, Loren Balhorn, “The Lost History of Antifa”, in Jacobin Magazine, archived from the original on 27 Mar 2025

plural West Germans

1. A person who comes from or lives in West 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