English > Germany: 1 sense > noun 1, location| Meaning | A republic in central Europe; split into East Germany and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990. |
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| Synonyms | Federal Republic of Germany, Deutschland, FRG |
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| Instance of | European country, European nation | Any one of the countries occupying the European continent |
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| Member of | European Union, EU, European Community, EC, European Economic Community, EEC, Common Market, Europe | An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation / cooperation among its members |
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| North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO | An international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security |
| Members | German | A person of German nationality |
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| Sorbian | A speaker of Sorbian |
| Part of | Europe | The 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia) |
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| Parts | Aachen, Aken, Aix-la-Chapelle | A city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders |
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| Bavaria | A state in southern Germany famous for its beer |
| Berlin, German capital | Capital of Germany located in eastern Germany |
| Bonn | A city in western Germany on the Rhine River |
| Braunschweig, Brunswick | A city in central Germany |
| Bremen | A city of northwestern Germany linked by the Weser River to the port of Bremerhaven and the North Sea |
| Bremerhaven | A port city in northwestern Germany at the mouth of the Weser River on the North Sea |
| Buchenwald | A Nazi concentration camp for Jews in World War II that was located in central Germany |
| Chemnitz, Karl-Marx-Stadt | A city in east central Germany |
| Cologne, Koln | A commercial center and river port in western Germany on the Rhine River |
| Constance, Lake Constance, Bodensee | A lake in southeastern Germany on the northern side / side of the Swiss Alps |
| Dachau | A concentration camp for Jews created by the Nazis near Munich in southern Germany |
| Danube, Danube River, Danau | The 2nd longest European river (after the Volga) |
| Dortmund | An industrial city in northwestern Germany |
| Dresden | A city in southeastern Germany on the Elbe River |
| Dusseldorf | An industrial city in western Germany on the Rhine |
| Essen | A city in western Germany |
| Frankfurt on the Main, Frankfurt, Frankfort | A German city |
| Frisian Islands | A chain of islands in the North Sea off the coast of northwestern Europe extending from the IJsselmeer to Jutland |
| Halle, Halle-an-der-Saale | A city in the Saxony region of Germany on the Saale River |
| Hamburg | A port city in northern Germany on the Elbe River that was founded by Charlemagne in the 9th century and is today the largest port in Germany |
| Hameln, Hamelin | A town in northern Germany (near Hanover) that is famous as the setting for the legend of the Pied Piper |
| Hannover, Hanover | A port city in northwestern Germany |
| Leipzig | A city in southeastern Germany famous for fairs |
| Lower Saxony | A state in northwestern Germany |
| Lubeck | A city in northwestern Germany and an important Baltic port |
| Mannheim | A city in southwestern Germany at the confluence of the Rhine and Neckar rivers |
| Neckar, Neckar River | A river in Germany |
| Nuremberg, Nurnberg | A city in southeastern Germany |
| Oder, Oder River | A European river |
| Palatinate, Pfalz | A territory in southwestern Germany formerly ruled by the counts palatine |
| Potsdam | A city in northeastern Germany |
| Prussia, Preussen | A former / former kingdom in north-central Europe including present-day northern Germany and northern Poland |
| Rhine, Rhine River, Rhein | A major European river carrying more traffic than any other river in the world |
| Rhineland, Rheinland | A picturesque region of Germany around the Rhine river |
| Rostock | A city in northeastern Germany near the Baltic sea |
| Ruhr, Ruhr Valley | A major industrial and coal mining region in the valley of the Ruhr river in northwestern Germany |
| Ruhr, Ruhr River | A tributary of the Rhine |
| Saale, Saale River | A river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River |
| Siegfried line | German fortifications facing the Maginot Line |
| Solingen | A city in west central Germany noted for cutlery |
| Stuttgart | A city in southwestern Germany famous for innovative / innovative architecture |
| Thuringia | A historical region of southern Germany |
| Weimar | A German city near Leipzig |
| Weser, Weser River | A river in northwestern Germany that flows northward to the North Sea near Bremerhaven |
| Wurzburg, Wuerzburg | A city of south central Germany |
| Region of | Baader Meinhof Gang, Baader-Meinhof Gang | A radical left-wing revolutionary terrorist group active / active in Germany from 1968 until 1977 |
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| Black Forest, Schwarzwald | A hilly forest / forest region in southwestern Germany |
| Blenheim | The First Duke of Marlborough and Prince Eugene of Savoy defeated the French in 1704 during the War of the Spanish Succession |
| Brownshirt | A member of the Nazi SA which wore brown uniforms |
| German, High German, German language | The standard German language |
| Jena, Battle of Jena | The battle in 1806 in which Napoleon decisively / decisively defeated the Prussians |
| Kaplan Group, Association of Islamic Groups and Communities, Caliphate State | A Turkish terrorist group of fundamentalist Muslims with ties to al-Qaeda that operates in Germany |
| Lutzen, battle of Lutzen | A battle in the Thirty Years' War (1632) |
| Minden, battle of Minden | A battle in the Seven Years' War (1759) in which the English forces and their allies defeated the French |
| Norse mythology | The mythology of Scandinavia (shared in part by Britain and Germany) until the establishment of Christianity |
| Oktoberfest | An autumn festival that involves merrymaking and drinking beer |
| Pietism | 17th and 18th-century German movement in the Lutheran Church stressing personal piety and devotion |
| Red Army Faction, RAF | A Marxist and Maoist terrorist organization in Germany |
| Rossbach, battle of Rossbach | A battle in the Seven Years' War (1757) |
| Schadenfreude | delight in another person's misfortune |
| Teutoburger Wald, battle of Teutoburger Wald | A battle in 9 AD in which the Germans under Arminius annihilated three Roman Legions |
| Teuton | someone (especially a German) who speaks a Germanic language |
| Weissbier, white beer, wheat beer | A general name for beers made from wheat by top fermentation |
| al-Tawhid, Al Tawhid, Divine Unity | An Islamic terrorist cell that originated in Jordan but operates in Germany |
| liebfraumilch | A sweetened Rhenish wine (especially one from Hesse in western Germany) |
| margrave | A German nobleman ranking above a count (corresponding in rank to a British marquess) |
| panzer | An armored vehicle or tank |
| quadrillion | The number that is represented as a one followed by 24 zeros |
| swastika, Hakenkreuz | The official emblem of the Nazi Party and the Third Reich |
| trillion, one million million million | The number that is represented as a one followed by 18 zeros |
| Spanish | Alemania, Alemania Occidental, Deutschland, Germany, República Federal Alemana, RFA |
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| Catalan | Alemania, Alemània, Alemanya, Alemanya Occidental, Deutschland, República Federal Alemanya, RFA |
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| Adjectives | German | of or pertaining to or characteristic of Germany or its people or language |
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