Germany

[ jur-muh-nee ]

/ ˈdʒɜr mə ni /

noun

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). Capital: Berlin.

Official name Federal Republic of Germany. German Deutschland. Formerly Deutsches Reich.

Compare East Germany, West Germany.

Example sentences from the Web for germany

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

In Defense of Blasphemy |Michael Tomasky |January 9, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
In Dresden, Germany, anti-Islam rallies each week draw thousands of demonstrators.

Police Hunt for Paris Massacre Suspects |Tracy McNicoll, Christopher Dickey |January 7, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
Most coup members “lived in the diaspora in the United States and Germany,” Faal said.

The Shadowy U.S. Veteran Who Tried to Overthrow a Country |Jacob Siegel |January 6, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
Some of them already are in Germany taking language lessons.

Ghost Ships of the Mediterranean |Barbie Latza Nadeau |January 6, 2015 |DAILY BEAST

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

Zebra Finches, Dolphins, Elephants, and More Animals Under the Influence |Bill Schulz |December 31, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The historical plates published about the same time209 in Germany prove the same lively zeal in imitation.

Engraving: Its Origin, Processes, and History |Henri Delaborde
A cleverly written description of a young English officer's internment as a prisoner of war in Germany.

A Kut Prisoner |H. C. W. Bishop
Austria and Germany have not as yet produced one “great man.”

The Note-Book of an Attache |Eric Fisher Wood
Germany recognizes the total independence of German Austria in the boundaries traced.

Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights |Kelly Miller
In Germany the printers have led the way; the number of their followers in other industries is increasing.

The Theory and Policy of Labour Protection |Albert Eberhard Friedrich Schffle

British Dictionary definitions for germany

Germany

/ (ˈdʒɜːmənɪ) /

noun

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 name: Deutschland Official name: Federal Republic of Germany See also East Germany, West Germany Related adjective: Teutonic

Cultural definitions for germany

Germany

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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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'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.

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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.

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

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