독일

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 獨逸, an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 獨逸 (Doitsu, “Germany”), from Dutch Duits (“German”).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?Dogil
Revised Romanization (translit.)?Dog'il
McCune–Reischauer?Togil
Yale Romanization?tok.il
South Korean
Standard Language 		독일(獨逸) (Dogil)
North Korean
Standard Language 		도이췰란드 (Doichwillandeu)

Proper noun

독일 • (Dogil) (hanja 獨逸)

  1. (South Korea, Yanbian) Germany (a country in Central Europe, formed in 1949 as West Germany, with its provisional capital Bonn until 1990, when it incorporated East Germany)
    Synonyms: (both obsolete) 도이칠란트 (Doichillanteu), 덕국(德國) (Deokguk)

Coordinate terms

countries in Europe (South Korea): 유럽의 나라 (Yureob-ui nara) (appendix)edit
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