독일

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 獨逸, from Japanese 独逸 (“Germany”) (kyūjitai: 獨逸; now normally written in katakana as ドイツ (Doitsu) in modern Japanese), from Dutch Duits (“German”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [to̞ɡiɭ]
• Phonetic hangul: [도길]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	Dogil
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	Dog'il
McCune–Reischauer?	Togil
Yale Romanization?	tok.il

Proper noun

독일 • (Dogil) (hanja 獨逸)

1. (South Korea) Germany

Synonyms

• (South Korea, obsolete) 도이칠란트 (Doichillanteu)
• (North Korea, Yanbian dialect) 도이췰란드 (Doichwillandeu)
• (obsolete) 덕국 (Deokguk)