Deutschland
name · [ˈdɔʏ̯t͡ʃlant] ·Etymology
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.
Translation
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Germany (a country in Central Europe, formed in 1949 as West Germany, with its provisional capital Bonn until 1990, when it incorporated East Germany)
neuter, proper-noun
Der Rhein ist die Grenze zwischen Frankreich und Deutschland.
The Rhine is the boundary between France and Germany.
Der Rhein fließt zwischen Frankreich und Deutschland.
The Rhine runs between France and Germany.
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ellipsis of a nation state, the legal person comprising the most part of territory with German dominating, or its territory; ellipsis of Heiliges Römisches Reich Deutscher Nation or heiliges römisches Reich deutscher Nation
abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, neuter, proper-noun
– 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.
- ellipsis of a nation state, the legal person comprising the most part of territory with German dominating, or its territory; ellipsis of Deutsches Reich abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, neuter, proper-noun
- ellipsis of a nation state, the legal person comprising the most part of territory with German dominating, or its territory; ellipsis of Bundesrepublik Deutschland abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, neuter, proper-noun