Ost-Berlin

German

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɔst.bɛʁˌliːn/, /ˌɔst.bɛʁˈliːn/
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Proper noun

Ost-Berlin n (proper noun, genitive Ost-Berlins or (optionally with an article) Ost-Berlin)

  1. East Berlin (the Soviet sector of Berlin between 1949 and 1990; the respective areas of reunified Berlin)
    Coordinate term: West-Berlin

Usage notes

  • The hyphenated form Ost-Berlin was common in West Germany, though Berlin (Ost) was officially preferred (at least before 1970). The one-word spelling Ostberlin did and does occur, but was not historically preferred anywhere. In the GDR, East Berlin was simply called Berlin or, as its full title: Berlin, Hauptstadt der DDR (“Berlin, capital of the GDR”).
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