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EAST GERMAN

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A native or inhabitant of the former republic of East Germany

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("East German" is a kind of...):

German (a person of German nationality)

Holonyms ("East German" is a member of...):

East Germany; German Democratic Republic (a republic in north central Europe on the Baltic; established by the Soviet Union in 1954; reunified with West Germany in 1990)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Relating to or characteristic of East Germany

Example:

East German spies

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

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

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