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) The Federal Republic of Germany, distinguished from the German Democratic Republic ("East 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