east germany

1. 1.

   a republic in north central Europe on the Baltic; established by the Soviet Union in 1954; reunified with West Germany in 1990

   SynonymsGerman Democratic Republic

   BroaderEuropean country

Questions about east germany

What does east germany mean?

east germany means "a republic in north central Europe on the Baltic; established by the Soviet Union in 1954; reunified with West Germany in 1990".

What is another word for east germany?

Close synonyms include German Democratic Republic. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is east germany a common word?

east germany is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.