Federal Republic of Germany

Federal Republic of Germany

English

Alternative forms

• FRG (initialism)

Etymology

Calque of German Bundesrepublik Deutschland.

Proper noun

Federal Republic of Germany

1. (since 1949) The official name of a German-speaking country in Europe.
   1. (1949–1990) The official name of West Germany.

      Synonym: West Germany

   2. (1990–today) The official name of reunified Germany.

      Synonym: Germany

Usage notes

• In 1990, the German Democratic Republic (“East Germany”) ceased to exist and its territories joined the Federal Republic. The latter, therefore, has existed continuously since 1949. Reunification meant nothing other than the extension of its territories.

Translations

Germany's official name

Afrikaans: Bondsrepubliek Duitsland Albanian: Republika Federale e Gjermanisë Arabic: جُمْهُورِيَّة أَلْمَانِيَا اَلاِتِّحَادِيَّة‎ f (jumhūriyyat ʾalmāniyā l-ittiḥādiyya) Armenian: Գերմանիայի Ֆեդերատիվ Հանրապետություն (Germaniayi Federativ Hanrapetutʿyun), Գերմանիայի Դաշնային Հանրապետություն (Germaniayi Dašnayin Hanrapetutʿyun) Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܩܘܼܛܢܵܝܘܼܬܵܐ ܕܐܵܘܝܵܝܵܐ ܕܐܲܠܡܵܢܝܵܐ‎ (quṭnayuta awiyaya d'ālmanya) Azerbaijani: Almaniya Federativ Respublikası Basque: Alemania Errepublika Federala Belarusian: Федэраты́ўная Рэспу́бліка Герма́нія f (Fjederatýŭnaja Respúblika Hjermánija) Bulgarian: Федерална република Германия f (Federalna republika Germanija) Catalan: República Federal d'Alemanya f Chinese: Mandarin: 德意志聯邦共和國／德意志联邦共和国 (zh) (Déyìzhì liánbāng gònghéguó) Cornish: Republik Keffrysek Almayn m Czech: Spolková republika Německo (cs) n Danish: Forbundsrepublikken Tyskland c Dutch: Bondsrepubliek Duitsland f Esperanto: Federacia Respubliko Germanio Estonian: Saksamaa Liitvabariik Faroese: Samveldislýðveldið Týskland n Finnish: Saksan liittotasavalta (fi) French: République fédérale d'Allemagne (fr) f Galician: República Federal de Alemaña f Georgian: გერმანიის ფედერაციული რესპუბლიკა (germaniis pederaciuli resṗubliḳa) German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland (de) f Greek: Ομοσπονδιακή Δημοκρατία της Γερμανίας f (Omospondiakí Dimokratía tis Germanías) Hebrew: הָרֶפּוּבְּלִיקָה הַפֵדֵרָלִית שֶׁל גֶּרְמַנְיָה‎ (harepubeliqah hafédéralit shel germanya) Hungarian: Német Szövetségi Köztársaság (hu) Icelandic: Sambandslýðveldið Þýskaland n Indonesian: Republik Federal Jerman Irish: Poblacht Chónaidhme na Gearmáine f Italian: Repubblica Federale di Germania f, Repubblica Federale Tedesca f Japanese: ドイツ連邦共和国 (ja) (Doitsu renpō kyōwakoku) Kazakh: Германия Федеративтік Республикасы (Germaniä Federativtık Respublikasy) Khmer: សាធារណរដ្ឋសហព័ន្ធអាល្លឺម៉ង់ (sa thea rak nak roth sak hak pon a ller mong) Korean: 독일 연방 공화국(獨逸聯邦共和國) (dogil yeonbang gonghwaguk) Latvian: Vācijas Federatīvā Republika f Lithuanian: Vokietijos Federacinė Respublika f Low German: German Low German: Bundsrepublik Düütschland f, Bunnsrepublik Düütschland f, Bundsrepubliek Düütschland f, Bunnsrepubliek Düütschland f Macedonian: Сојузна Република Германија f (Sojuzna Republika Germanija) Malay: Republik Persekutuan Jerman Northern Sami: Duiskka lihttodásseváldi Norwegian: Bokmål: Forbundsrepublikken Tyskland m Nynorsk: Forbundsrepublikken Tyskland m Pennsylvania German: Bunnes-Republic Deitschland Persian: جمهوری فدرال آلمان‎ (jomhuri-ye federâl-e âlmân) Polish: Republika Federalna Niemiec (pl) m pl Portuguese: República Federal da Alemanha (pt) f Romanian: Republica Federală Germania f Russian: Федерати́вная Респу́блика Герма́ния (ru) f (Federatívnaja Respúblika Germánija) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Савезна Република Њемачка f Roman: Savezna Republika Njemačka f Slovak: Nemecká spolková republika (sk) f Slovene: Zvezna republika Nemčija f Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: Zwězkowa republika Nimska f Spanish: República Federal de Alemania (es) f Swedish: Förbundsrepubliken Tyskland (sv) c Tagalog: Republikang Pederal ng Alemanya Thai: สหพันธ์สาธารณรัฐเยอรมนี (sà-hà-pan sǎa-taa-rá-ná-rát yəə-rá-má-nii) Turkish: Almanya Federal Cumhuriyeti (tr) Turkmen: German Federatiw Respublkasy Ukrainian: Федерати́вна Респу́бліка Німе́ччина (uk) f (Federatývna Respúblika Niméččyna) Uzbek: Germaniya Federativ Respublikasi Vietnamese: Cộng hòa Liên bang Đức Volapük: Fedarepüblik Deutäna Welsh: Gweriniaeth Ffederal yr Almaen f

See also

• German Democratic Republic