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Synonyms for "Germany"
Deutschland (Germany)
When writing about Germany in German, good writers use a variety of terms to avoid repeating Deutschland – in order to be more poetic or to use more precise terminology: die Bunderepublick Deutschland (the Federal Republic of Germany). In the glossary below you will find a variety of German terms – nouns, adjectives and phrases – that are commonly used to refer to Germany or the Germans, now and in the past.
Ein Deutschland-Glossar - A Glossary for Germany
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Deutschland (das) Germany
die BRD the FRG (Federal Republic of Germany)
die Bundesrepublik Deutschland (BRD)
the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG)
die Bundesrepublik the (German) federal republic
die Bundesländer/die Länder (pl.) the (16) German states
der Deutsche Bund (historical) the German Confederation (1815-1866)
das Deutsche Reich/Deutsches Reich (historical) German Empire (1871-1918)
das Germanentum the Teutonic world
die Germania (Latin) Germania (Roman term for the Germanic region); mythic, symbolic figure representing the German nation
das Heilige Römische Reich Deutscher Nation (historical) Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation
die Heimat (German) homeland
das Deutsche Kaiserreich = Deutsches Reich German Empire (1871-1918)
das Preussen (historical) Prussia (1525-1947)
das Königreich Preussen Kingdom of Prussia (1701-1918)
Teutonia (Latin) Teutonia
das Vaterland fatherland (political overtones)
die Weimarer Republik (historical) Weimar Republic (1918-1934)
Die Deutsche Demokratische Republik (DDR)
The German Democratic Republic (GDR)
Since German reunification in 1990, there has been only one Germany. But for 40 years, between 1949 and 1989, there were two Germanys: East and West. |
ZITAT • QUOTATION
"Die wahre Heimat ist eigentlich die Sprache.
"The real homeland is actually language." - Wilhelm von Humboldt, 1827
der Bundesbürger (-) (male) German citizen, German national
die Bundesbürgerin (-nen) (female) German citizen, German national
die Deutschen (pl.) the Germans, Germans
der Deutsche (the) German (man)
ein Deutscher a German (man)
Er ist Deutscher. He is (a) German.
die Deutsche (the) German (woman)
eine Deutsche a German (woman)
Sie ist Deutsche. She is (a) German.
die Germanen (pl.) Teutons, Germans
die Germanen (pl.) Teutons, Germans
die Teutonen (pl.) Teutons, Germans
Bundes- (in compounds) (German) federal...
deutschlandweit (adj.) Germany-wide, all across Germany
deutsch (adj.) German
die deutsche Regierung the German government
germanisch (adj.) Germanic
Lande (pl., poetic) lands - in phrases such as…
deutsche Lande German lands, German countries
in allen deutschen Landen in all the German lands (countries)
"Das Land der Dichter und Denker"
"The land of poets and philosophers" (or "poets and thinkers")
The German "poets and philosophers" phrase is variously attributed to at least two different sources, neither of which used that exact phrase:
(1) Baroness Anne Louise Germaine de Staël-Holstein. In her book, De l'Allemagne ("On Germany," 1813), she described the Germans as being "dichtende und denkende Menschen."
(2) Wolfgang Menzel. In his book, Die deutsche Literatur (1828), he wrote the following in the introduction:
"Die Deutschen thun nicht viel, aber sie schreiben desto mehr. [...] Das sinnige deutsche Volk liebt es zu denken und zu dichten, und zum Schreiben hat es immer Zeit. Es hat sich die Buchdruckerkunst selbst erfunden, und nun arbeitet es unermüdlich an der großen Maschine. [...] Was wir auch in der einen Hand haben mögen, in der andern haben wir gewiß immer ein Buch." |
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