germany : Idioms & Phrases


apostle of germany

  • noun (Roman Catholic Church) Anglo-Saxon missionary who was sent to Frisia and Germany to spread the Christian faith; was martyred in Frisia (680-754)
    Boniface; Winfred; St. Boniface; Wynfrith; Saint Boniface.
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east germany

  • noun a republic in north central Europe on the Baltic; established by the Soviet Union in 1954; reunified with West Germany in 1990
    German Democratic Republic.
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federal republic of germany

  • noun a republic in north central Europe on the North Sea; established in 1949 from the zones of Germany occupied by the British and French and Americans after the German defeat; reunified with East Germany in 1990
    Federal Republic of Germany.
  • noun a republic in central Europe; split into East Germany and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990
    Deutschland; Germany; FRG.
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nazi germany

  • noun the Nazi dictatorship under Hitler (1933-1945)
    Third Reich.
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west germany

  • noun a republic in north central Europe on the North Sea; established in 1949 from the zones of Germany occupied by the British and French and Americans after the German defeat; reunified with East Germany in 1990
    Federal Republic of Germany.
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