German Democratic Republic
German Democratic Republic proper noun: official name of East Germany (from 1947 through reunification in 1990): a former country in Central Europe.
Proper noun
the German Democratic Republic (abbreviation GDR)
- Official name of East Germany (from 1947 through reunification in 1990): a former country in Central Europe.
- Developments were markedly different in the Soviet zone, but ultimately ended in perhaps an even grimmer dead end: that of SED leader Walter Ulbricht’s thoroughly Stalinized German Democratic Republic (GDR).2017 May, Loren Balhorn, “The Lost History of Antifa”, in Jacobin Magazine
German Democratic Republic meaning in Tamil, Indonesian, Thai and Vietnamese
German Democratic Republic in Tamil
- இது ஒரு நாடாகும்
German Democratic Republic in Indonesian
- East Germany from 1949 to 1990
- Republik Demokratik Jerman
German Democratic Republic in Thai
- East Germany from 1949 to 1990
- สาธารณรัฐประชาธิปไตยเยอรมัน sǎa-taa-rá-ná-rát bprà-chaa-tí-bpà-dtai yəə-rá-man
German Democratic Republic in Vietnamese
- East Germany from 1949 to 1990
- Cộng hoà Dân chủ Đức
Forms of German Democratic Republic
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Origin of German Democratic Republic
Calque of German Deutsche Demokratische Republik.
Questions about German Democratic Republic
- What does German Democratic Republic mean?
- German Democratic Republic means official name of East Germany (from 1947 through reunification in 1990): a former country in Central Europe.
- What is German Democratic Republic in Tamil?
- German Democratic Republic in Tamil is இது ஒரு நாடாகும். See German Democratic Republic meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is German Democratic Republic?
- German Democratic Republic is a proper noun.
Words near German Democratic Republic in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: German Democratic Republic (page history and authors); German Democratic Republic (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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