Meanings
- historicalA former country in Central Europe, distinguished from the German Democratic Republic, commonly known as East Germany. Official name: Federal Republic of Germany.
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The ECSC, which was made up of six nations (France, West Germany, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg) later evolved into the European Economic Community (EEC) – under which the member states established a common market, and worked to harmonize their policies on everything from agriculture and fisheries to monetary policy.
2012 September 6, Bryony Jones, “Why is unity so important to Europe?”, in CNN - A geographic region of Germany, consisting of the states formerly part of the Cold War-era West Germany, also known as Western Germany.
Synonyms: Federal Republic of Germany, Free Germany, West German State
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA geographic region of Germany, consisting of the states formerly part of the Cold War-era West Germany, also known as Western Germany.
Origin
- GermanWestdeutschland
- EnglishWest 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.
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Afrikaans Wes-Duitsland
- Wes-Duitslandformer European country
Arabic أَلْمَانِيَا الْغَرْبِيَّة
- أَلْمَانِيَا الْغَرْبِيَّة (ʔalmāniyā l-ḡarbiyya)former European country
Bengali পশ্চিম জার্মানি
- পশ্চিম জার্মানি (pościm jarmani)former European country
Bulgarian За́падна Герма́ния
- За́падна Герма́ния (Západna Germánija)former European country
Chinese Cantonese 西德
- 西德 (sai¹ dak¹)former European country
Chinese Mandarin 西德
- 西德 (Xī Dé)former European country
Czech Západní Německo
- Západní Německoformer European country
Danish Vesttyskland
- Vesttysklandformer European country
Dutch West-Duitsland
- West-Duitslandformer European country
Estonian Lääne-Saksamaa
- Lääne-Saksamaaformer European country
Finnish Länsi-Saksa
- Länsi-Saksaformer European country
French Allemagne de l'Ouest
- Allemagne de l'Ouestformer European country
German Westdeutschland
- Westdeutschlandformer European country
Greek Δυτική Γερμανία
- Δυτική Γερμανία (Dytikí Germanía)former European country
Hebrew גֶּרְמַנְיָה הַמַּעֲרָבִית
- גֶּרְמַנְיָה הַמַּעֲרָבִית (germánya ha-ma'aravít)former European country
Hindi पश्चिम जर्मनी
- पश्चिम जर्मनी (paścim jarmanī)former European country
Hungarian Nyugat-Németország
- Nyugat-Németországformer European country
Icelandic Vestur-Þýskaland
- Vestur-Þýskalandformer European country
Indonesian Jerman Barat
- Jerman Baratformer European country
Irish an Iar-Ghearmáin
- an Iar-Ghearmáinformer European country
Italian Germania Ovest
- Germania Ovestformer European country
Japanese 西ドイツ
- 西ドイツ (Nishi doitsu)former European country
Korean 서독, 서부 도이췰란드
- 서독 (Seodok)former European country
- 서부 도이췰란드 (Seobu doichwillandeu)former European country
Latvian Rietumvācija
- Rietumvācijaformer European country
Lithuanian Vakarų Vokietija
- Vakarų Vokietijaformer European country
Malay Jerman Barat
- Jerman Baratformer European country
Norwegian Bokmål Vest-Tyskland
- Vest-Tysklandformer European country
Persian آلمان غربی
- آلمان غربی (âlmân-e ġarbi)former European country
Polish Niemcy Zachodnie
- Niemcy Zachodnieformer European country
Portuguese Alemanha Ocidental
- Alemanha Ocidentalformer European country
Romanian Germania de Vest, Germania Occidentală
- Germania de Vestformer European country
- Germania Occidentalăformer European country
Russian За́падная Герма́ния
- За́падная Герма́ния (Západnaja Germánija)former European country
Slovak Západné Nemecko
- Západné Nemeckoformer European country
Spanish Alemania Occidental, Alemania del Oeste
- Alemania Occidentalformer European country
- Alemania del Oesteformer European country
- Alemania Federalformer European country
Swahili Ujerumani Magharibi
- Ujerumani Magharibiformer European country
Swedish Västtyskland
- Västtysklandformer European country
Tagalog Kanlurang Alemanya
- Kanlurang Alemanyaformer European country
Thai เยอรมนีตะวันตก
- เยอรมนีตะวันตกformer European country
Turkish Batı Almanya
- Batı Almanyaformer European country
Ukrainian За́хідна Німе́ччина
- За́хідна Німе́ччина (Záxidna Niméččyna)former European country
Urdu مَغْرِبی جَرْمَنی
- مَغْرِبی جَرْمَنی (maġribī jarmanī)former European country
Vietnamese Tây Đức
- Tây Đứcformer European country
Welsh Gorllewin Almaen
- Gorllewin Almaenformer European country
Yiddish מערבֿ דײַטשלאַנד
- מערבֿ דײַטשלאַנד (mayrev daytshland)former European country
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West Germany. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/West%20Germany
“West Germany.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/West%20Germany. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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