德意志
Chinese
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Etymology
Phono-semantic matching of German Deutsch (“German”). Doublet of 同濟/同济 (Tóngjì) and 獨逸/独逸 (Dúyì).
The tendency to use commendatory characters in country names was also seen in:
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
- (attributive or poetic) Germany (a country in Central Europe, formed in 1949 as West Germany, with its provisional capital Bonn until 1990, when it incorporated East Germany)
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