德意志
Chinese edit
Germany; virtue; goodness Germany; virtue; goodness; morality; ethics; kindness; favour; character; kind |
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simp. and trad. (德意志) |
德 | 意志 |
Etymology edit
Phono-semantic matching of German Deutsch (“German”). Doublet of 同濟/同济 (Tóngjì) and 獨逸/独逸 (Dúyì).
The tendency to use commendatory characters in country names was also seen in:
- 美國/美国 (Měiguó, “America; lit. pretty country”),
- 英國/英国 (Yīngguó, “England; lit. flower/outstanding country”) and
- 法國/法国 (Fǎguó, “France, lit. the law country”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
德意志
- (attributive or poetic) Germany (a country in Central Europe, formed in 1949 as West Germany, with its provisional capital Bonn until 1990, when it incorporated East Germany)