ドイツ

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See also: どいつ

Japanese

 ドイツ on Japanese Wikipedia
Alternative spellings
独逸 (dated)
獨逸
独乙 (obsolete)
獨乙 (obsolete)

Etymology

Listed in some sources as deriving from Dutch Duits (“German”, adjective, noun).[1][2][3] Listed in others as a corruption of German deutsch (“German”, adjective) or Deutsch (“German”, noun).[4] Considering the history of cultural contact (and the final ツ rather than チ), the Dutch derivation is more likely.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

ドイツ • (Doitsu) 

  1. Germany (a country in Central Europe, formed in 1949 as West Germany, with its provisional capital Bonn until 1990, when it incorporated East Germany)
    • 1996 February 25 [1995 August 9], Nobuhiro Watsuki, “第(だい)四(よん)十(じゅう)四(よん)幕(まく)　「心(しん)配(ぱい)無(む)用(よう)」 [Act 44: “Nothing to Worry About”]”, in るろうに剣(けん)心(しん)　—明(めい)治(じ)剣(けん)客(かく)浪(ろ)漫(まん)譚(たん)— [Rurōni Kenshin: Ballad of a Meiji Swordsroamer], 3rd edition, volume 6 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, pages 95–96:
      いろいろと考(かんが)えたのですが　実(じつ)は　私(わたし)　由(ゆ)太(た)郎(ろう)を連(つ)れて独(ド)逸(イツ)へ行(い)く事(こと)に決(き)めました
      Iroiro to kangaeta no desu ga jitsu wa watashi Yutarō o tsurete Doitsu e iku koto ni kimemashita
      I've thought it over carefully, and I’ve decided to go to Germany with Yutarō.
      独(ド)逸(イツ)⁉
      Doitsu⁉
      Germany!?
      独(ド)逸(イツ)は　今(いま)　世(せ)界(かい)で一(いち)番(ばん)医(い)学(がく)が進(すす)んだ国(くに)です　そこで　治(ち)療(りょう)に専(せん)念(ねん)すればあるいは…と思(おも)いまして
      Doitsu wa ima sekai de ichiban igaku ga susunda kuni desu Soko de chiryō ni sennen sureba arui wa…to omoimashite
      Germany is currently the leading nation in medicine, so I thought if he received treatment there, then maybe...

Usage notes

This kanji spelling 独逸 is rarely used in its full form, but its abbreviation 独 is often used.

Derived terms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → English: Doitsu
  • → Korean: 독일 (dogil)

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ^ 1984, 日本大百科全書：ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, “Encyclopedia Nipponica”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, relevant text online here.
  5. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  6. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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