ドイツ連邦共和国

Japanese

Kanji in this term
連	邦	共	和	国
れん Grade: 4	ほう > ぽう Grade: S	きょう Grade: 4	わ Grade: 3	こく Grade: 2
on’yomi		kan’on	goon	on’yomi

Etymology

Calque of German Bundesrepublik Deutschland,[1][2][3] equivalent to ドイツ (Doitsu, “Germany”) +‎ 連邦 (renpō, “federation”) +‎ 共和国 (kyōwakoku, “republic”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [do̞it͡sɨᵝ ɾẽ̞mpo̞ː kʲo̞ːɰᵝa̠ko̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Proper noun

ドイツ連邦共和国 (hiragana and katakana ドイツれんぽうきょうわこく, rōmaji Doitsu Renpō Kyōwakoku)

(historical) the Federal Republic of Germany (official name of former West Germany)
the Federal Republic of Germany (official name of current Germany)

See also

西 (にし)ドイツ (Nishi Doitsu, “West Germany”), 西 (せい)独 (どく) (Seidoku)
ドイツ (Doitsu, “Germany”) (common), ジャーマニー (Jāmanī) (uncommon, informal)
ドイツ民 (みん)主 (しゅ)共 (きょう)和 (わ)国 (こく) (Doitsu Minshu Kyōwakoku, “German Democratic Republic”)

References

1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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