Deutschland
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from German Deutschland.
Proper noun
Deutschland
- (rare) Germany (a country in Central Europe, formed in 1949 as West Germany, with its provisional capital Bonn until 1990, when it incorporated East Germany; official name: Federal Republic of Germany; capital and largest city: Berlin).
- 1993 May 23, Daniel Van Der Weide, “Taking a Harley to Deutschland?”, in rec.motorcycles.harley (Usenet), retrieved 2022-06-05:
- 1997 July 22, Dwight Johnson, “Transfer of $ to Deutschland”, in de.etc.finanz (Usenet), retrieved 2022-06-05:
- 1999 July 15, Rob Strickland, “Moving to Deutschland”, in soc.culture.german (Usenet), retrieved 2022-06-05:
- 1999 November 11, jeff freeman, “trip to deutschland?”, in alt.autos.porsche (Usenet), retrieved 2022-06-05:
- 2002 May 15, Skriptis, “I don't see how hese topics are related to Deutschland and its culture??”, in soc.culture.german (Usenet), retrieved 2022-06-05:
German
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Etymology
From Middle High German Diutschlant, compound word formed from phrasings like diutsch lant n, diutsche lant n, in diutscheme lande n, ze diutischeme lande n, (in) diutschiu lant n pl. The adjective deutsch is from Middle High German diutsc, diutisch, diutsch, tiutsch, tiusch, from Old High German diutisc (of the people). More at Dutchland.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Deutschland n (proper noun, genitive Deutschlands or (optionally with an article) Deutschland)
- Germany
- short for a nation state, the legal person comprising the most part of territory with German dominating, or its territory
- short for Heiliges Römisches Reich Deutscher Nation or short for heiliges römisches Reich deutscher Nation.
- short for Deutsches Reich.
- Synonyms: Deutsches Reich, Reich
- short for Bundesrepublik Deutschland.
- Synonyms: Bundesrepublik Deutschland, BRD
Usage notes
- The article is used when Deutschland is used as a subject or object in a certain quality, e.g. referencing a certain point in time or period of time. (Germany behaves similarly in English: "we went to Germany" uses no article, "the Germany of our grandchildren will be different from the Germany of our grandparents" uses one.)
- Plurals, when they occur, are Deutschland, Deutschländer or Deutschlande.
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See also
- (country (translingual abbreviation)): D, DE, DEU, de
- (countries of Europe) Staaten Europas; Albanien, Andorra, Armenien, Aserbaidschan, Belgien, Belarus, Bosnien und Herzegowina, Bulgarien, Deutschland, Dänemark, Estland, Finnland, Frankreich, Georgien, Griechenland, Irland, Island, Italien, Kasachstan, Kroatien, Lettland, Liechtenstein, Litauen, Luxemburg, Malta, Moldau, Monaco, Montenegro, Nordmazedonien, Norwegen, Niederlande, Österreich, Polen, Portugal, Rumänien, Russland, San Marino, Schweden, Schweiz, Serbien, Slowakei, Slowenien, Spanien, Tschechien, Türkei, Ukraine, Ungarn, Vereinigtes Königreich, Vatikanstadt, Zypern (Category: de:Countries in Europe)
Further reading
- “Deutschland” in Duden online
- “Deutschland” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache