Germany

[ jur-muh-nee ]

noun

1. a republic in central Europe: after World War II divided into four zones, British, French, U.S., and Soviet, and in 1949 into East Germany and West Germany; East and West Germany were reunited in 1990. 137,852 sq. mi. (357,039 sq. km). : Berlin.

Germany

/ ˈdʒɜːmənɪ /

noun

1. See West Germany, East Germany
   a country in central Europe: in the Middle Ages the centre of the Holy Roman Empire; dissolved into numerous principalities; united under the leadership of Prussia in 1871 after the Franco-Prussian War; became a republic with reduced size in 1919 after being defeated in World War I; under the dictatorship of Hitler from 1933 to 1945; defeated in World War II and divided by the Allied Powers into four zones, which became established as East and West Germany in the late 1940s; reunified in 1990: a member of the European Union. It is flat and low-lying in the north with plateaus and uplands (including the Black Forest and the Bavarian Alps) in the centre and south. Official language: German. Religion: Christianity, Protestant majority. Currency: euro. Capital: Berlin. Pop: 81 147 265 (2013 est). Area: 357 041 sq km (137 825 sq miles) German nameDeutschland Official nameFederal Republic of Germany See also East Germany West Germany Teutonic

Germany

1. Republic in north-central Europe , divided into East Germany and West Germany in 1949 and reunited in 1990. Officially called the Federal Republic of Germany .

Notes

After the defeat of the Nazis in World War II , Germany was divided into four zones occupied by British, French, Soviet, and American forces.

Since reunification Germany has become Europe's leading economic power. ( See East Germany and West Germany under “World History since 1550.” )

Germany's industrial, colonial, and naval expansion was considered a threat by the British and French and was one of the main causes of World War I , in which Germany was badly defeated.

Germany was a collection of competing states until it was unified during the second half of the nineteenth century under the leadership of Otto von Bismarck .

Example Sentences

We do see that a few European countries have them on the books: Germany, Poland, Italy, Ireland, a couple more.

From The Daily Beast

In Dresden, Germany, anti-Islam rallies each week draw thousands of demonstrators.

From The Daily Beast

Some of them already are in Germany taking language lessons.

From The Daily Beast

Most coup members “lived in the diaspora in the United States and Germany,” Faal said.

From The Daily Beast

The zoologist at University of Tubingen in Germany gave a bunch of spiders some LSD.

From The Daily Beast

Gottlieb Conrad Pfeffel, one of the best poets of Germany, died.

From Project Gutenberg

She must be freed through the progress of Liberal ideas in France and Germany—not by her own inherent energies.

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Everybody began talking at once the minute dinner was served, as they always do at table in Germany.

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When we reached the hotel everybody went in to take a siesta—that "Mittags-Schlaf" which is law in Germany.

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Of course, the usual international operations for obtaining gold were denied to Germany.

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