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German
Etymology
From Ost + Block.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Hyphenation: Ost‧block
Proper noun
Ostblock m (proper noun, strong, genitive Ostblocks or (less common) Ostblockes)
- Eastern Bloc
- Coordinate term: Westblock
2012, Patrick Conley, Der parteiliche Journalist, →ISBN, pages 182–183:Entsprechend der allgemeinen politischen Entwicklung, gewinnt die Einbindung der DDR in den Ostblock thematisch an Bedeutung.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading
- “Ostblock” in Duden online
- “Ostblock” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache