Germany

American  

[jur-muh-nee] / ˈdʒɜr mə ni /

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.

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Germany British  

/ ˈdʒɜːmənɪ /

noun

1. German name: Deutschland.  Official name: Federal Republic of 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) See also East Germany West Germany

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Germany Cultural  

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.

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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.

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Germany

“It was just, like, a lovable hot mess,” said Woodall, an Army kid who lived for a time in Germany, where people were obsessed with the movie.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

Over recent windows, WSL clubs have recruited heavily from Germany and Sweden, while two-time Ballon d'Or winner Alexia Putellas exchanged the trophies of Barcelona for big-spending London City this summer.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

“Historically Asian investors have been big supporters of France, as for them the potential universe of European government bonds is Germany and France.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

Researchers from Japan, Germany, and Spain, led by Iwate University, may have found part of the answer in domestic cats.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026

England, France, and Germany were at war; their stations carried mostly war reports or code messages and many frequencies were jammed.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom