Germany

Etymology
From, from & , from , from , a people living around and east of the Rhine first attested in the 1st century works of  and of uncertain etymology. The exonym was said by to derive from, making it cognate with  and , but this seems unsupported. Attempts to derive it from Germanic or Celtic roots since the 18th century are all problematic, although it is perhaps cognate with the 🇨🇬. .

In reference to a medieval kingdom, English Germany is usually an anachronism using the Roman name to describe the area or calquing various terms like   ("king of the Teutons"), which were often derogatory exonyms rather than formal titles.

Proper noun

 * 1) A nation or civilization occupying the country around the Rhine, Elbe, and upper Danube Rivers in Central Europe, taken as a whole under its various governments.
 * 2)  The German Sprachraum; the countries and territories within Europe where German is or was the primary language.
 * 3) The principal state in this country, including
 * 4)  A nominal medieval kingdom forming part of the Carolingian and Holy Roman Empires;  the Holy Roman Empire in its entirety;  the Austrian Habsburg empire in its entirety.
 * 5)  An empire formed by Prussia in  with its capital at Berlin.
 * 6)  A republic formed in  with its capital at Berlin, inclusive of the Nazi regime who controlled it after.
 * 7)  The socialist republic formed in  with its capital at Berlin, more often known in English as East Germany.
 * 8)  The various states in this country either over time or during periods of disunity and division, sometimes  inclusive of the Holy Roman Empire and Austria-Hungary's other holdings.
 * 1)  An empire formed by Prussia in  with its capital at Berlin.
 * 2)  A republic formed in  with its capital at Berlin, inclusive of the Nazi regime who controlled it after.
 * 3)  The socialist republic formed in  with its capital at Berlin, more often known in English as East Germany.
 * 4)  The various states in this country either over time or during periods of disunity and division, sometimes  inclusive of the Holy Roman Empire and Austria-Hungary's other holdings.
 * 1)  A republic formed in  with its capital at Berlin, inclusive of the Nazi regime who controlled it after.
 * 2)  The socialist republic formed in  with its capital at Berlin, more often known in English as East Germany.
 * 3)  The various states in this country either over time or during periods of disunity and division, sometimes  inclusive of the Holy Roman Empire and Austria-Hungary's other holdings.
 * 1)  The various states in this country either over time or during periods of disunity and division, sometimes  inclusive of the Holy Roman Empire and Austria-Hungary's other holdings.
 * 1)  The various states in this country either over time or during periods of disunity and division, sometimes  inclusive of the Holy Roman Empire and Austria-Hungary's other holdings.
 * 1)  The various states in this country either over time or during periods of disunity and division, sometimes  inclusive of the Holy Roman Empire and Austria-Hungary's other holdings.
 * 1)  The various states in this country either over time or during periods of disunity and division, sometimes  inclusive of the Holy Roman Empire and Austria-Hungary's other holdings.

Usage notes
Presently, usually refers to Federal Republic of Germany; historical senses other than the German Empire, Weimar Germany, and Nazi Germany are usually distinguished. Historically, the extent of "Germany" was a contentious issue known in the 19th century as "". The area more often described an ethnic region than a polity into the 16th century, with Old English even occasionally being used to refer to the areas of England held by the Saxons, Angles, etc. As late as the 19th century, the political area considered "Germany" might include or exclude areas such as Austria, Königsberg, Switzerland, or even non-German parts of the Austrian Empire depending on the speaker and context. During the period of division between 1949 and 1990, either West or East Germany might be referenced as simply "Germany" depending on context, although English use typically referenced the West. See also the continuing use of to refer primarily to South Korea.

Synonyms

 * (FRG, BRD), German Republic
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Hypernyms

 * See, , , , ,

Hyponyms

 * See also Thesaurus:Germany

Translations

 * Abenaki: Alemônki
 * Abkhaz: Алмантәыла
 * Acehnese: Jeureuman
 * Adyghe: Германие
 * Afrikaans:
 * Akan: Gyaaman
 * Albanian: ,
 * Amharic: ጀርመን
 * Antillean Creole: Almangn
 * Arabic:
 * Egyptian Arabic: ألمانيا
 * Moroccan Arabic: ألمانيا
 * South Levantine Arabic: ألمانيا⁩
 * Aragonese: Alemanya
 * Aramaic:
 * Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܲܠܡܵܢܝܼܵܐ, ܓܪܡܢ
 * Classical Syriac: ܓܪܡܐܢܝܐ
 * Armenian:
 * Aromanian: Ghermãnii, Ghermãnia , Ghirmanii , Ghirmania , Ghermanii , Ghermania
 * Assamese: জাৰ্মানী
 * Asturian:
 * Avar: Алмания
 * Aymara: Alimaña
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Bambara: Alimaɲi
 * Basaa: Jamân
 * Bashkir: Германия
 * Basque:
 * Bavarian: Deitschland, Deitschlaund
 * Belarusian: Герма́нія, Няме́ччына
 * Bengali:
 * Bikol Central: Alemanya
 * Bishnupriya Manipuri: জার্মানি
 * Bislama: Jemani
 * Breton:
 * Buginese: Jerman
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese: ဂျာမနီ
 * Buryat: Германи
 * Carpathian Rusyn: Нїме́цько
 * Catalan: ,
 * Central Franconian: Dütschland
 * Chechen: Германи
 * Cherokee:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 德國
 * Dungan: Дыйгуй, Дыйгуә
 * Eastern Min: 德國
 * Hakka: 德國
 * Hokkien: 德國
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Wu: 德國
 * Chuukese: Toowis, Ttooyis, Séémén
 * Chuvash: Германи
 * Cornish:
 * Corsican: Germania
 * Ajaccian: Ghjermania
 * Crimean Tatar: Almaniya
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dhivehi: ޖަރުމަނުވިލާތް
 * Dutch:
 * Dzongkha: ཇཱར་མ་ནི
 * East Futuna: Siamani
 * Esperanto: ,
 * Estonian:
 * Farefare: Dutsgo
 * Faroese:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Friulian: Gjermanie
 * Gagauz: Germaniya
 * Galician:
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Alemannic German: Dytschland, Ditschlånd, Diitschland, Dütschland, Düütschland, Tüütschland, Titschland, S'düütsche, Ditschlànd
 * Bavarian: Deitschland
 * Middle High German: Tiutschlant
 * Old High German: Diutiscland
 * Rhine Franconian: Daitschlond
 * Gottscheerish: Taitšlont
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: Γερμανία
 * Greenlandic:
 * Guaraní: Alemaña
 * Guianese Creole: Anlmangn, Lanlmangn
 * Gujarati: જર્મની
 * Haitian Creole: Almay
 * Hausa: Jamus
 * Hawaiian: Kelemānia, Koekelana
 * Hebrew: ,
 * Hindi: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Hunsrik: Deitschland
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Igbo: Jémanị
 * Ilocano: Alemania
 * Indonesian:
 * Ingrian: Saksa
 * Interlingua:
 * Inuktitut: ᔮᒪᓂ
 * Irish:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Javanese:
 * Kabyle: Lalman
 * Kannada:
 * Karakalpak: Germaniya
 * Kashubian:
 * Kazakh:, Алмания
 * Khmer:
 * Komi-Permyak: Немечму
 * Korean: ;
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: ئەڵمانیا
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Kven: Tuiska
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Ladin:
 * Ladino: Almania
 * Lakota: Iyášiča Makȟóčhe
 * Lao:, ເຢັຽລະມັນ, ເຢຍຣະມັນ, ເຢັຍຣະມັນ
 * Latgalian: Vuoceja
 * Latin:, Alemānnia
 * Latvian:
 * Lezgi: Германия
 * Ligurian: Germania
 * Limburgish: Duutsjlandj, Duutsland
 * Lingala: Alémani
 * Lithuanian:
 * Livonian: Saksāmō
 * Lombard:
 * Louisiana Creole French: Alman
 * Low German:
 * Lü: ᦵᦑᦲᧉᦷᦅᧉ
 * Luganda: Girimane
 * Luhya: Jamani
 * Luxembourgish:
 * Macedonian:
 * Maithili: जर्मनी
 * Malay:
 * Malayalam: ജര്മനി
 * Maltese: Ġermanja
 * Manchu: ᡩ᠋ᡝ᠋ ᡤᡠᡵᡠᠨ
 * Manx: Giarmaan, Ghermaan
 * Maori: Tiamani, Tiamana
 * Maranao: Alimaniya
 * Marathi: जर्मनी
 * Marshallese: Jāmne
 * Middle English:
 * Mirandese: Almanha
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Mongolian: ᠭᠧᠷᠮᠠᠨ
 * Nahuatl:
 * Classical Nahuatl: Alemania
 * Navajo: Béésh Bichʼahii Bikéyah
 * Nepali: जर्मनी
 * Newar: जर्मनी
 * Norman: Allémangne
 * North Frisian:
 * Amrum: Sjiisklun
 * Föhr: Tjiisklun
 * Mooring: Tjüschlönj
 * Northern Sami: Duiska
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk:
 * Occitan:
 * Odia:
 * Old Church Slavonic:
 * Cyrillic: Нѣмьци, Нѣмьцꙑ
 * Glagolitic: *Ⱀⱑⰿⱐⱌⰹ, *Ⱀⱑⰿⱐⱌⱏⰺ
 * Old English: Germania,
 * Old French: Alemaigne
 * Old Occitan: Alamagna
 * Ossetian: Герман
 * Palauan: Dois
 * Pashto: آلمان, ,
 * Pennsylvania German: Deitschland
 * Persian:
 * Dari: جَرْمَنِی
 * Iranian Persian:
 * Picard: Alemanne
 * Pitcairn-Norfolk: Doichland
 * Plautdietsch: ,
 * Polish:
 * Pontic Greek: Γερμανία
 * Portuguese:
 * Punjabi:
 * Gurmukhi: ਜਰਮਨੀ
 * Shahmukhi: جَرْمَن, جَرْمَنی, اَلْمانْیَہ
 * Quechua: Alimanya
 * Rarotongan: Tiāmani
 * Romanian:
 * Cyrillic: Ӂермания
 * Romansch: Germania
 * Russian:
 * Samoan: Siamani
 * Samogitian: Vuokītėjė
 * Sanskrit: शर्मण्यदेश,, ,
 * Sardinian: Germània, Zermània
 * Saterland Frisian: Düütsklound
 * Scottish Gaelic: Gearmailt
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: Нѐмачка̄
 * Roman: Nèmačkā
 * Sicilian: Girmania
 * Silesian: Mjymcy
 * Sindhi: جرمني
 * Sinhalese:
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: Nimska, Nimce
 * Upper Sorbian:
 * Sotho: Jeremane
 * Spanish:
 * Sranan Tongo: Doisrikondre
 * Swabian: Deidschland, Deitschlahnd
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog:
 * Tajik: ,
 * Tamil: ஜர்மனி
 * Tatar: Алмания, Германия
 * Telugu:
 * Thai:
 * Tibetan: འཇར་མན
 * Tigrinya: ጀርመን
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen: Germaniýa
 * Ubykh: Аламаншәабла
 * Udmurt: Германия
 * Ukrainian:
 * Urdu: جَرْمَنی, اَلْمانِیَہ
 * Uyghur: گېرمانىيە
 * Uzbek: ,
 * Venetian:
 * Veps: Saksanma
 * Vietnamese: (德)
 * Vilamovian: Daojćłaond
 * Volapük:, Deut
 * Võro: S'aksamaa
 * Votic:
 * Wallisian: Siamani
 * Walloon:
 * Waray-Waray: Alemanya
 * Welsh:
 * West Flemish: Duutsland
 * West Frisian:
 * Woleaian: Toichi
 * Wolof:
 * Xhosa: iJamani
 * Yakut: Германия
 * Yiddish: דײַטשלאַנד
 * Yoruba: Jẹ́mánì
 * Zazaki:
 * Zealandic: Duutsland
 * Zhuang: Dwzgoz