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Deutschland

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English

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from German Deutschland.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdɔɪt͡ʃ.lænd/, /-lɑːnd/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Proper noun

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Deutschland

  1. (rare) Germany
    • 1993 May 23, Daniel Van Der Weide, “Taking a Harley to Deutschland?”, in rec.motorcycles.harley‎[1] (Usenet), retrieved 5 June 2022:
    • 1997 July 22, Dwight Johnson, “Transfer of $ to Deutschland”, in de.etc.finanz‎[2] (Usenet), retrieved 5 June 2022:
    • 1999 July 15, Rob Strickland, “Moving to Deutschland”, in soc.culture.german‎[3] (Usenet), retrieved 5 June 2022:
    • 1999 November 11, jeff freeman, “trip to deutschland?”, in alt.autos.porsche‎[4] (Usenet), retrieved 5 June 2022:
    • 2002 May 15, Skriptis, “I don't see how hese topics are related to Deutschland and its culture??”, in soc.culture.german‎[5] (Usenet), retrieved 5 June 2022:

German

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German Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia de

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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    From Middle High German Diutschlant, compound word formed from phrasings like diutsch lant n, diutsche lant n, in diutscheme lande n, ze diutischeme lande n, (in) diutschiu lant n pl. The adjective deutsch is from Middle High German diutsc, diutisch, diutsch, tiutsch, tiusch, from Old High German diutisc (of the people). More at Dutchland.

    Pronunciation

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    Proper noun

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    Deutschland n (proper noun, genitive Deutschlands or (optionally with an article) Deutschland)

    1. Germany (a nation or civilization occupying the country around the Rhine, Elbe, and upper Danube Rivers in Central Europe, taken as a whole under its various governments)
    2. Germany (a country in Central Europe, formed in 1949 as West Germany, with its provisional capital Bonn until 1990, when it incorporated East Germany)
    3. ellipsis of a nation state, the legal person comprising the most part of territory with German dominating, or its territory
      1. ellipsis of Heiliges Römisches Reich Deutscher Nation or heiliges römisches Reich deutscher Nation [till 1806]
        Synonyms: Heiliges Römisches Reich Deutscher Nation, heiliges römisches Reich deutscher Nation
        • 1782 August 17, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Letter to his father‎[6]:
          – will mich Teütschland, mein geliebtes vatterland, worauf ich |: wie sie wissen :| Stolz bin, nicht aufnehmen, so muß im gottes Namen frankreich oder England wieder um einen geschickten Teutschen Mehr reich werden; – und das zur schande der teutschen Nation.
          If Germany, my beloved fatherland, of which I am proud |: as you know :| will not receive me, then, in God’s name, France or England must again be enriched by one more skilful German, and that to the shame of the German nation.
      2. ellipsis of Deutsches Reich [1871–1945, and later in historical reference]
        Synonyms: Deutsches Reich, Reich
      3. ellipsis of Bundesrepublik Deutschland [from 1990]
        Synonyms: Bundesrepublik Deutschland, BRD

    Usage notes

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    • The article is used when Deutschland is used as a subject or object in a certain quality, e.g. referencing a certain point in time or period of time. (Germany behaves similarly in English: "we went to Germany" uses no article, "the Germany of our grandchildren will be different from the Germany of our grandparents" uses one.)

    Declension

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    Declension of Deutschland [neuter, strong]
    singular plural
    indef. def. noun def. noun
    nominative ein das Deutschland die Deutschland, Deutschländer, Deutschlande
    genitive eines des Deutschlands, Deutschland der Deutschland, Deutschländer, Deutschlande
    dative einem dem Deutschland den Deutschland, Deutschländern, Deutschlanden
    accusative ein das Deutschland die Deutschland, Deutschländer, Deutschlande

    Synonyms

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    Derived terms

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    Descendants

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    See also

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    • (country (translingual abbreviation)): D, DE, DEU, de
    countries in Europe: Staaten Europas (appendix)edit

    Further reading

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