West Germanadj.n.

Brit.

/ˌwɛst ˈdʒəːmən/, U.S.

/ˌwɛst ˈdʒərmən/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; partly modelled on German lexical items. Etymons: west adj., German adj.

Etymology: < west adj. + German adj. As adjective partly (in sense A. 1) after German westgermanisch (see West Germanic adj. 2), and partly (in sense A. 2) after German westdeutsch of or relating to the western part of the German-speaking regions in Europe (19th cent.), of or relating to West Germany after the Second World War (1945: see note). As noun probably partly (in sense B. 1) after German Westgermane (1829 or earlier), and partly (in sense B. 2) after German Westdeutscher inhabitant of the western part of German-speaking Europe (1821 or earlier), inhabitant of West Germany after the Second World War (1945: see note), use as noun of westdeutsch, adjective.Compare German Westdeutschland, an unofficial name for the western part of the German-speaking Europe, especially of the Holy Roman Empire and its successors (1787 or earlier), (after the Second World War) an unofficial name for the zones occupied by the Western Allies (France, Britain and the United States) collectively, subsequently the Federal Republic of Germany as opposed to the GDR, and (later) the corresponding areas of unified Germany (1945, now increasingly historical or derogatory). West Germany was normally used as the equivalent in English; for early uses compare:1779 Table Anc. Geogr. in tr. C. F. X. Millot Elements Gen. Hist.: Pt. Second I. 562 Sicambri, A famous people of west Germany, who, with other Germans, formed the league of the Francs.1818 Monthly Mag. & Brit. Reg. 1 Mar. 111/2 Though England is not a mountainous country, yet, compared with the flat coasts of North Gaul and West Germany, it must be considered high land.

A. adj.

1. historical. Of or relating to the western parts of ancient Germanic-speaking Europe. Cf. West Germanic adj. 2, East German n. 2.

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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of ancient or medieval Europe > other inhabitants of ancient Europe > [adjective]

Massilian1614

Silurian1708

West German1849

Massaliot1856

1849 L. Purcell & R. M. Whitelock tr. F. Schlegel Course Lect. Mod. Hist. 395 The West German [Ger. westgermanischen] tribes were named ‘Erben’ (heirs), or ‘Wehren’ (defenders), as conveying the idea of free inhabitants of the land.

1932 C. H. Dawson Making of Europe v. 90 The West German peoples swarmed across the frontiers.

1996 Palaeohistoria 37 190/1 We can tabulate the metal analysis results for the analysed North-Netherlands and West German axes assigned to the Emmen type.

2000 Birmingham Post (Nexis) 29 Jan. 10 Most of our leaders are of the Nordic and Gaelic tribes—neither of which came from the same gene pool as the West German tribes who became the Angles, the Saxons, the Dutch, the Jutes and some of the southern Danes.

a. Of or relating to the western parts of Germany or German-speaking regions of Europe. Cf. East German adj. 1a. Now rare except as implied in sense A. 2b.

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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of Germany > [adjective] > parts of Germany

Suevical1560

Swevical1560

Prussian1565

Suevian1574

Thuringian1607

Franconian1608

Suevic1638

High German1640

Saxonic1647

Saxon1654

Swabian1684

Saxonian1761

Hanoverian1775

Low German1808

East German1849

West German1850

West German1946

Balt1954

1850 Observer 1 Dec. 5/2 It is proposed to create three parliamentary unions in Germany—an Austrian, a Prussian, and a West German union.

1884 Statesman's Year-bk. 190 Generally speaking, small estates and peasant proprietorship prevail in the West German states, while large estates prevail in the north.

1921 Times 24 Oct. 12/2 A West German factory owner.

1942 Canad. Jrnl. Econ. & Polit. Sci. 8 521 Catholic professors in West German universities preached the new gospel of Enlightenment and Political Liberty.

b. spec. Of or relating to the Federal Republic of Germany (founded 1949) before reunification, or the area corresponding to this (prior to 1949, the parts occupied by the Americans, British, and French; after 1990, the corresponding area of unified Germany). Cf. East German adj. 1b.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of Germany > [adjective] > parts of Germany

Suevical1560

Swevical1560

Prussian1565

Suevian1574

Thuringian1607

Franconian1608

Suevic1638

High German1640

Saxonic1647

Saxon1654

Swabian1684

Saxonian1761

Hanoverian1775

Low German1808

East German1849

West German1850

West German1946

Balt1954

1946 Life 28 Jan. 32/2 Any day now the balance of this fixed plant, along with a lot of other West German assets, will be offered as reparations to Germany's conquerors.

1949 Manch. Guardian 27 May 6/1 These are bad conditions for the start of the new West German State.

1959 Times 31 May 11/2 By the time a new American President has..shaken himself down in the White House, the West German federal elections..will be approaching.

1987 C. Phillips European Tribe x. 85 There is always some poor mug hauled off the train at the West German border town of Büchen.

1994 Harper's Mag. May 31/1 The former East Germans, or ‘Ossis’, wanted nothing more than to be part of that affluent West German consumer society.

2004 Times Lit. Suppl. 3 Dec. 4/3 Nicolas Berg took West German historians to task for brushing aside literature on the camps if it came from victims, or indeed any Jewish or non-German source.

B. n.

1. historical. A native or inhabitant of the western parts of ancient Germanic-speaking Europe; spec. a speaker of West Germanic. Cf. West Germanic n., East German n. 2.

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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of ancient or medieval Europe > other inhabitants of ancient Europe > [noun]

Old Saxona1387

Massilian1563

Pannonian1578

Silurist1650

Dacian1776

West German1854

Massaliot1856

1854 W. Pütz tr. Prof. Stigell Surv. Geogr. & Hist. Middle Ages §1. 3 The Istævones (West Germans [Ger. Westländer]) on the right bank of the Rhine, from Maynz to the mouth of the Yssel.

1932 C. H. Dawson Making of Europe v. 97 From the Goths Christianity quickly spread to the other East German peoples, but the West Germans retained their national religion to a much later date.

1959 A. Campbell Old Eng. Gram. (1983) Introd. 3 They [sc. the Germanic invaders] were drawn from the Ingvaeonic West Germans.

2005 T. E. Gregory Hist. of Byzantium iv. 80 These latter peoples, living mainly between the Rhine and the Elbe, are known as the West Germans.

a. A native or inhabitant of the western parts of Germany or German-speaking regions of Europe. Cf. East German n. 1a. Now rare except as implied in sense B. 2b.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of Germany > [noun] > parts of

Easterling1253

Sprucier1443

Suevian1549

High German1550

Low German1550

Prussian1554

Lusatian1555

Westphalian1576

Borussian1607

Rhinelander1608

Eastman1610

Belgic1615

Franconian1615

Thuringian1618

Swab1637

spruce1640

Silesian1669

Swabian1675

palatinate1709

Hessian1729

Saxon1737

Austrasian1833

East German1838

Balt1854

West German1855

Württemberger1896

Sudeten1938

East German1947

West German1947

Saarlander1955

Ossi1989

Wessi1990

1855 Morning Post 8 Dec. 3/6 It may appear singular that so great a difference of opinion should exhibit itself on the two banks of the Rhine as that which is displayed by the West Germans and the French.

1903 C. Black tr. J. Partsch Central Europe ix. 134 While in Holland and Flanders the sense of kindred with the West Germans persists, the Danes of North Schleswig..stand out in sharp contradistinction to the Lower Saxons.

1927 Geografiska Ananaler 9 304 The Dutch and West-Germans [sc. settlers in North America] had more experience in several handicrafts.

b. spec. A native or inhabitant of the Federal Republic of Germany (founded 1949) before reunification, or the area corresponding to this (see sense A. 2). Cf. Wessi n., East German n. 1b.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of Germany > [noun] > parts of

Easterling1253

Sprucier1443

Suevian1549

High German1550

Low German1550

Prussian1554

Lusatian1555

Westphalian1576

Borussian1607

Rhinelander1608

Eastman1610

Belgic1615

Franconian1615

Thuringian1618

Swab1637

spruce1640

Silesian1669

Swabian1675

palatinate1709

Hessian1729

Saxon1737

Austrasian1833

East German1838

Balt1854

West German1855

Württemberger1896

Sudeten1938

East German1947

West German1947

Saarlander1955

Ossi1989

Wessi1990

1947 Hutchinson (Kansas) News-Herald 9 Dec. 4/1 The burning ambition of the West Germans will be to regain the lands taken from them. The equally burning ambition of the East Germans will be to convert their brothers into Communism.

1969 A. Marin Rise with Wind (1970) vi. 75 Clay sank into a chair, his eyes fixed coldly on the West German.

1994 K. Perry Business & European Community ix. 183 The West Germans felt that there had been too frequent parity changes and insisted that the EMS rules were intended to impose more discipline on governments.

2003 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 21 Sept. i. 4/5 For West Germans, it's just a funny story, a part of our history that now we can laugh at. But for Ossies like myself, I think it has deeper meanings.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	west german
释义	West Germanadj.n. Brit. /ˌwɛst ˈdʒəːmən/, U.S. /ˌwɛst ˈdʒərmən/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; partly modelled on German lexical items. Etymons: west adj., German adj. Etymology: < west adj. + German adj. As adjective partly (in sense A. 1) after German westgermanisch (see West Germanic adj. 2), and partly (in sense A. 2) after German westdeutsch of or relating to the western part of the German-speaking regions in Europe (19th cent.), of or relating to West Germany after the Second World War (1945: see note). As noun probably partly (in sense B. 1) after German Westgermane (1829 or earlier), and partly (in sense B. 2) after German Westdeutscher inhabitant of the western part of German-speaking Europe (1821 or earlier), inhabitant of West Germany after the Second World War (1945: see note), use as noun of westdeutsch, adjective.Compare German Westdeutschland, an unofficial name for the western part of the German-speaking Europe, especially of the Holy Roman Empire and its successors (1787 or earlier), (after the Second World War) an unofficial name for the zones occupied by the Western Allies (France, Britain and the United States) collectively, subsequently the Federal Republic of Germany as opposed to the GDR, and (later) the corresponding areas of unified Germany (1945, now increasingly historical or derogatory). West Germany was normally used as the equivalent in English; for early uses compare:1779 Table Anc. Geogr. in tr. C. F. X. Millot Elements Gen. Hist.: Pt. Second I. 562 Sicambri, A famous people of west Germany, who, with other Germans, formed the league of the Francs.1818 Monthly Mag. & Brit. Reg. 1 Mar. 111/2 Though England is not a mountainous country, yet, compared with the flat coasts of North Gaul and West Germany, it must be considered high land. A. adj. 1. historical. Of or relating to the western parts of ancient Germanic-speaking Europe. Cf. West Germanic adj. 2, East German n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of ancient or medieval Europe > other inhabitants of ancient Europe > [adjective] Massilian1614 Silurian1708 West German1849 Massaliot1856 1849 L. Purcell & R. M. Whitelock tr. F. Schlegel Course Lect. Mod. Hist. 395 The West German [Ger. westgermanischen] tribes were named ‘Erben’ (heirs), or ‘Wehren’ (defenders), as conveying the idea of free inhabitants of the land. 1932 C. H. Dawson Making of Europe v. 90 The West German peoples swarmed across the frontiers. 1996 Palaeohistoria 37 190/1 We can tabulate the metal analysis results for the analysed North-Netherlands and West German axes assigned to the Emmen type. 2000 Birmingham Post (Nexis) 29 Jan. 10 Most of our leaders are of the Nordic and Gaelic tribes—neither of which came from the same gene pool as the West German tribes who became the Angles, the Saxons, the Dutch, the Jutes and some of the southern Danes. 2. a. Of or relating to the western parts of Germany or German-speaking regions of Europe. Cf. East German adj. 1a. Now rare except as implied in sense A. 2b. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of Germany > [adjective] > parts of Germany Suevical1560 Swevical1560 Prussian1565 Suevian1574 Thuringian1607 Franconian1608 Suevic1638 High German1640 Saxonic1647 Saxon1654 Swabian1684 Saxonian1761 Hanoverian1775 Low German1808 East German1849 West German1850 West German1946 Balt1954 1850 Observer 1 Dec. 5/2 It is proposed to create three parliamentary unions in Germany—an Austrian, a Prussian, and a West German union. 1884 Statesman's Year-bk. 190 Generally speaking, small estates and peasant proprietorship prevail in the West German states, while large estates prevail in the north. 1921 Times 24 Oct. 12/2 A West German factory owner. 1942 Canad. Jrnl. Econ. & Polit. Sci. 8 521 Catholic professors in West German universities preached the new gospel of Enlightenment and Political Liberty. b. spec. Of or relating to the Federal Republic of Germany (founded 1949) before reunification, or the area corresponding to this (prior to 1949, the parts occupied by the Americans, British, and French; after 1990, the corresponding area of unified Germany). Cf. East German adj. 1b. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of Germany > [adjective] > parts of Germany Suevical1560 Swevical1560 Prussian1565 Suevian1574 Thuringian1607 Franconian1608 Suevic1638 High German1640 Saxonic1647 Saxon1654 Swabian1684 Saxonian1761 Hanoverian1775 Low German1808 East German1849 West German1850 West German1946 Balt1954 1946 Life 28 Jan. 32/2 Any day now the balance of this fixed plant, along with a lot of other West German assets, will be offered as reparations to Germany's conquerors. 1949 Manch. Guardian 27 May 6/1 These are bad conditions for the start of the new West German State. 1959 Times 31 May 11/2 By the time a new American President has..shaken himself down in the White House, the West German federal elections..will be approaching. 1987 C. Phillips European Tribe x. 85 There is always some poor mug hauled off the train at the West German border town of Büchen. 1994 Harper's Mag. May 31/1 The former East Germans, or ‘Ossis’, wanted nothing more than to be part of that affluent West German consumer society. 2004 Times Lit. Suppl. 3 Dec. 4/3 Nicolas Berg took West German historians to task for brushing aside literature on the camps if it came from victims, or indeed any Jewish or non-German source. B. n. 1. historical. A native or inhabitant of the western parts of ancient Germanic-speaking Europe; spec. a speaker of West Germanic. Cf. West Germanic n., East German n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of ancient or medieval Europe > other inhabitants of ancient Europe > [noun] Old Saxona1387 Massilian1563 Pannonian1578 Silurist1650 Dacian1776 West German1854 Massaliot1856 1854 W. Pütz tr. Prof. Stigell Surv. Geogr. & Hist. Middle Ages §1. 3 The Istævones (West Germans [Ger. Westländer]) on the right bank of the Rhine, from Maynz to the mouth of the Yssel. 1932 C. H. Dawson Making of Europe v. 97 From the Goths Christianity quickly spread to the other East German peoples, but the West Germans retained their national religion to a much later date. 1959 A. Campbell Old Eng. Gram. (1983) Introd. 3 They [sc. the Germanic invaders] were drawn from the Ingvaeonic West Germans. 2005 T. E. Gregory Hist. of Byzantium iv. 80 These latter peoples, living mainly between the Rhine and the Elbe, are known as the West Germans. 2. a. A native or inhabitant of the western parts of Germany or German-speaking regions of Europe. Cf. East German n. 1a. Now rare except as implied in sense B. 2b. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of Germany > [noun] > parts of Easterling1253 Sprucier1443 Suevian1549 High German1550 Low German1550 Prussian1554 Lusatian1555 Westphalian1576 Borussian1607 Rhinelander1608 Eastman1610 Belgic1615 Franconian1615 Thuringian1618 Swab1637 spruce1640 Silesian1669 Swabian1675 palatinate1709 Hessian1729 Saxon1737 Austrasian1833 East German1838 Balt1854 West German1855 Württemberger1896 Sudeten1938 East German1947 West German1947 Saarlander1955 Ossi1989 Wessi1990 1855 Morning Post 8 Dec. 3/6 It may appear singular that so great a difference of opinion should exhibit itself on the two banks of the Rhine as that which is displayed by the West Germans and the French. 1903 C. Black tr. J. Partsch Central Europe ix. 134 While in Holland and Flanders the sense of kindred with the West Germans persists, the Danes of North Schleswig..stand out in sharp contradistinction to the Lower Saxons. 1927 Geografiska Ananaler 9 304 The Dutch and West-Germans [sc. settlers in North America] had more experience in several handicrafts. b. spec. A native or inhabitant of the Federal Republic of Germany (founded 1949) before reunification, or the area corresponding to this (see sense A. 2). Cf. Wessi n., East German n. 1b. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of Germany > [noun] > parts of Easterling1253 Sprucier1443 Suevian1549 High German1550 Low German1550 Prussian1554 Lusatian1555 Westphalian1576 Borussian1607 Rhinelander1608 Eastman1610 Belgic1615 Franconian1615 Thuringian1618 Swab1637 spruce1640 Silesian1669 Swabian1675 palatinate1709 Hessian1729 Saxon1737 Austrasian1833 East German1838 Balt1854 West German1855 Württemberger1896 Sudeten1938 East German1947 West German1947 Saarlander1955 Ossi1989 Wessi1990 1947 Hutchinson (Kansas) News-Herald 9 Dec. 4/1 The burning ambition of the West Germans will be to regain the lands taken from them. The equally burning ambition of the East Germans will be to convert their brothers into Communism. 1969 A. Marin Rise with Wind (1970) vi. 75 Clay sank into a chair, his eyes fixed coldly on the West German. 1994 K. Perry Business & European Community ix. 183 The West Germans felt that there had been too frequent parity changes and insisted that the EMS rules were intended to impose more discipline on governments. 2003 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 21 Sept. i. 4/5 For West Germans, it's just a funny story, a part of our history that now we can laugh at. But for Ossies like myself, I think it has deeper meanings. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.1849
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