Ostmark

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German

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɔstˌmark/, , ,
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  • Hyphenation: Ost‧mark

Etymology 1

From Ost (“east”) +‎ Mark (“mark”).

Noun

Ostmark f (genitive Ostmark, plural Ostmark)

  1. (informal) The East German mark.
    Synonym: (official in West Germany) Mark-Ost
Declension
Declension of Ostmark
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Ostmark die Ostmark
genitive einer der Ostmark der Ostmark
dative einer der Ostmark den Ostmark
accusative eine die Ostmark die Ostmark
Synonyms

Etymology 2

From Ost (“east”) +‎ Mark (“marches”).

Noun

Ostmark f (genitive Ostmark, plural Ostmarken)

  1. the eastern marches, the easternmost territories of a state or empire, especially in a German or Germanic context
    die Ostmarken des Deutschen Reiches
    die eastern territories of the German Empire
Declension
Declension of Ostmark
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Ostmark die Ostmarken
genitive einer der Ostmark der Ostmarken
dative einer der Ostmark den Ostmarken
accusative eine die Ostmark die Ostmarken
Derived terms

Proper noun

Ostmark f (proper noun, genitive Ostmark)

  1. (historical) Specific uses.
    1. the eastern marches of Franconia in the Middle Ages
    2. an administrative unit comprising parts of Bavaria from 1933 to 1942 and Austria from 1938 to 1942
    3. (loosely) Austria as part of the Third Reich from 1938 to 1945
Declension
Declension of Ostmark
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative eine die Ostmark
genitive einer der Ostmark
dative einer der Ostmark
accusative eine die Ostmark

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