Deutsche Demokratische Republik

German

Alternative forms

  • DDR (abbreviation)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌdɔʏ̯t͡ʃə demoˌkʁaːtɪʃə ʁepuˈbliːk/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Deut‧sche De‧mo‧kra‧ti‧sche Re‧pu‧b‧lik

Proper noun

die Deutsche Demokratische Republik f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik)

  1. (historical) German Democratic Republic (official name of East Germany (from 1947 through reunification in 1990): a former country in Central Europe)
    • 1990, “Zwei-plus-Vier-Vertrag”, in Bundesgesetzblatt, part 2, page 1320:
      Das vereinte Deutschland wird die Gebiete der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik und ganz Berlins umfassen.
      The united Germany shall comprise the territory of the Federal Republic of Germany, the German Democratic Republic and the whole of Berlin.

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