독일

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 獨逸, from Japanese 独逸 (“Germany”) (kyūjitai: 獨逸; now normally written in katakana as ドイツ (Doitsu) in modern Japanese), from Dutch Duits (“German”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key)[to̞ɡiɭ]
  • Phonetic Hangul[도길]
Revised Romanization? Dogil
Revised Romanization (translit.)? Dog-il
McCune–Reischauer? Togil
Yale Romanization? Tok.il

Proper noun

독일 • (Dogil) (hanja 獨逸)

  1. (South Korea) Germany

Synonyms
  • (South Korea, obsolete) 도이칠란트 (Doichillanteu)
  • (North Korea, Yanbian dialect) 도이췰란드 (Doichwillandeu)
  • (obsolete) 덕국 (Deokguk)
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