ドイツ民主共和国
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 民 | 主 | 共 | 和 | 国 |
| みん Grade: 4 |
しゅ Grade: 3 |
きょう Grade: 4 |
わ Grade: 3 |
こく Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi | ||||
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| ドイツ民主共和國 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology
From ドイツ (Doitsu, “Germany”) + 民主 (minshu, “democratic”) + 共和国 (kyōwakoku, “republic”), a calque of German Deutsche Demokratische Republik.[1][2][3]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [do̞it͡sɨ mʲĩɰ̃ɕɨ kʲo̞ːβ̞a̠ko̞kɯ̟]
Proper noun
ドイツ民主共和国 • (Doitsu Minshu Kyōwakoku)
- (historical) German Democratic Republic (official name of East Germany (from 1947 through reunification in 1990): a former country in Central Europe)
See also
- 東ドイツ (Higashi Doitsu, “East Germany”)
- ドイツ連邦共和国 (Doitsu Renpō Kyōwakoku, “Federal Republic of Germany”)
References
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN