Definitions for east germany

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

East′ Ger′many(n.)

  1. a former country in central Europe, created in 1949 from the Soviet zone of occupied Germany established in 1945: reunited with West Germany in 1990. 16,340,000; 41,827 sq. mi. (108,333 sq. km).

    Category: Geography (places)

    Ref: Cap.: East Berlin.; Official name, German Democratic Republic.; Compare germany .

East′ Ger′man(adj.; n.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. East Germany, German Democratic Republic(noun)

    a republic in north central Europe on the Baltic; established by the Soviet Union in 1954; reunified with West Germany in 1990

Wiktionary

  1. East Germany(ProperNoun)

    A former country of Europe between 1949 and 1990, officially called the German Democratic Republic (GDR), capital East Berlin.


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