Deutschland
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from German Deutschland.
Proper noun edit
Deutschland
- (rare) Germany (a country in Central Europe, formed in 1949 as West Germany, with its provisional capital Bonn until 1990, when it incorporated East Germany; official name: Federal Republic of Germany; capital and largest city: Berlin).
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Etymology edit
From Middle High German Diutschlant, compound word formed from phrasings like diutsch lant n, diutsche lant n, in diutscheme lande n, ze diutischeme lande n, (in) diutschiu lant n pl. The adjective deutsch is from Middle High German diutsc, diutisch, diutsch, tiutsch, tiusch, from Old High German diutisc (of the people). More at Dutchland.
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Proper noun edit
Deutschland n (proper noun, genitive Deutschlands or (optionally with an article) Deutschland)
- Germany
- short for a nation state, the legal person comprising the most part of territory with German dominating, or its territory
- short for Heiliges Römisches Reich Deutscher Nation or short for heiliges römisches Reich deutscher Nation. [till 1806]
- short for Deutsches Reich. [1871–1945, and later in historical reference]
- Synonyms: Deutsches Reich, Reich
- short for Bundesrepublik Deutschland. [from 1990]
- Synonyms: Bundesrepublik Deutschland, BRD
Usage notes edit
- The article is used when Deutschland is used as a subject or object in a certain quality, e.g. referencing a certain point in time or period of time. (Germany behaves similarly in English: "we went to Germany" uses no article, "the Germany of our grandchildren will be different from the Germany of our grandparents" uses one.)
- Plurals, when they occur, are Deutschland, Deutschländer or Deutschlande.
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- (country (translingual abbreviation)): D, DE, DEU, de
- (countries of Europe) Staaten Europas; Albanien, Andorra, Belgien, Belarus, Bosnien und Herzegowina, Bulgarien, Deutschland, Dänemark, Estland, Finnland, Frankreich, Griechenland, Irland, Island, Italien, Jugoslawien, Kroatien, Lettland, Liechtenstein, Litauen, Luxemburg, Malta, Moldau, Monako/Monaco, Montenegro, Nordmazedonien, Norwegen, Niederlande, Österreich, Polen, Portugal, Rumänien, Rußland/Russland, San Marino, Schweden, Schweiz, Serbien, Slowakei, Slowenien, Spanien, Tschechei/Tschechien, Tschechoslowakei, Ukraine, Ungarn, Vereinigtes Königreich, Vatikanstadt, Weißrußland/Weißrussland, Zypern (Category: de:Countries in Europe)
Further reading edit
- “Deutschland” in Duden online
- “Deutschland” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache