West Germany

English

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

West Germany

2. (historical, 1949–1990) A former country in Central Europe, distinguished from the German Democratic Republic, commonly known as East Germany. Official name: Federal Republic of Germany.
3. (since 1990) The former areas of the Republic during that time, distinguished from the former East German areas.
4. (historical, uncommon, 1945–1949) Collectively, the British-, French-, and American-occupied zones of Germany, distinguished from the Soviet-occupied zone.

Synonyms

• Federal Republic of Germany (FRG, BRD)
• Free Germany (laudatory)
• West German State (rare)

Related terms

• West German, Wessi
• East Germany, East German, Ossi

Translations

former European country

• Afrikaans: Wes-Duitsland
• Albanian: Gjermania Perëndimore f
• Arabic: أَلْمَانِيَا الْغَرْبِيَّة f (ʔalmāniyā l-ḡarbiyya)
• Armenian: Արևմտյան Գերմանիա (Arewmtyan Germania)
• Azerbaijani: Qərbi Almaniya
• Belarusian: Захо́дняя Герма́нія f (Zaxódnjaja Hjermánija), Захо́дняя Няме́ччына f (Zaxódnjaja Njamjéččyna)
• Bengali: পশ্চিম জার্মানি (pościm jarmani)
• Bulgarian: За́падна Герма́ния f (Západna Germánija)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 西德 (sai¹ dak¹)

  Mandarin: 西德 (zh) (Xī Dé)

• Czech: Západní Německo (cs) n
• Danish: Vesttyskland n
• Dutch: West-Duitsland (nl) n
• Estonian: Lääne-Saksamaa
• Faroese: Vesturtýskland n
• Finnish: Länsi-Saksa (fi)
• French: Allemagne de l’Ouest (fr)
• Georgian: დასავლეთი გერმანია (dasavleti germania)
• German: Westdeutschland (de)
• Greek: Δυτική Γερμανία f (Dytikí Germanía)
• Hebrew: גֶּרְמַנְיָה הַמַּעֲרָבִית f (germánya ha-ma'aravít)
• Hindi: पश्चिम जर्मनी m (paścim jarmanī)
• Hungarian: Nyugat-Németország (hu)
• Icelandic: Vestur-Þýskaland n
• Indonesian: Jerman Barat
• Irish: an Iar-Ghearmáin f
• Italian: Germania Ovest f
• Japanese: 西ドイツ (ja) (にしドイツ, Nishi doitsu)
• Kazakh: Батыс Германия (Batys Germaniä)
• Korean: 서독(西獨) (ko) (Seodok), 서부 도이췰란드 (Seobu doichwillandeu) (North Korea)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Almanyaya Rojava

• Kyrgyz: Батыш Германия (Batış Germaniya)
• Latvian: Rietumvācija f
• Lithuanian: Vakarų Vokietija f
• Macedonian: Западна Германија (mk) f (Zapadna Germanija)
• Malay: Jerman Barat
• Maltese: il-Ġermanja tal-Punent f
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Баруун Герман (Baruun German)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Vest-Tyskland n

• Pashto: لویدیځ المان (loediź almān)
• Persian: آلمان غربی (âlmân-e ğarbi)
• Polish: Niemcy Zachodnie (pl) pl
• Portuguese: Alemanha Ocidental (pt) f
• Romanian: Germania de Vest f, Germania Occidentală f
• Russian: За́падная Герма́ния (ru) f (Západnaja Germánija)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Западна Нѐмачка̄ f, Западна Њѐмачка̄ f

  Roman: Zapadna Nèmačkā f, Zapadna Njèmačkā f

• Slovak: Západné Nemecko n
• Slovene: Zahodna Nemčija f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: Pódwjacorna Nimska f

• Spanish: Alemania Occidental f, Alemania del Oeste f, Alemania Federal f
• Swahili: Ujerumani Magharibi
• Swedish: Västtyskland (sv) n
• Tagalog: Kanlurang Alemanya
• Tajik: Олмони Ғарбӣ (Olmon-i Ġarbi), Германияи Ғарбӣ (Germaniya-yi Ġarbi)
• Tatar: Көнбатыш Германия (Könbatış Germaniyä)
• Telugu: పశ్చిమ జర్మనీ (paścima jarmanī)
• Thai: เยอรมนีตะวันตก
• Turkish: Batı Almanya (tr)
• Turkmen: Günbatar Germaniýa
• Ukrainian: За́хідна Німе́ччина f (Záxidna Niméččyna)
• Urdu: مَغْرِبی جَرْمَنی m (maġribī jarmanī)
• Uyghur: غەربىي گېرمانىيە (gherbiy gërmaniye)
• Uzbek: Gʻarbiy Germaniya
• Vietnamese: Tây Đức (西德)
• Volapük: Vesüda-Deutän (vo)
• Welsh: Gorllewin Almaen m
• Yiddish: מערבֿ דײַטשלאַנד n (mayrev daytshland)

Federal Republic of Germany — see Federal Republic of Germany