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Definition of Wessi in US English: Wessinoun ˈwesēˈwesē informal A citizen of West Germany. Compare with Ossi Example sentencesExamples - Ossis and Wessis, as East and West Germans are called, get along just fine in Berlin these days, he insisted.
- There are still clashes between Wessis and Ossis.
- The dingiest place we saw in Berlin was on the Wessi side, changing from S - to U-bahn at Yorckstrasse.
- Now, however, they have sprung back to life, owned perhaps by Wessis but mostly staffed by the Ossis they aim to please.
- It actually makes me angry to hear Wessis making jokes about the Ossis or criticizing them for whatever reason.
- As an illustration, he describes how some got their elderly Wessi relatives to smuggle forbidden commodities across the border and then later used those goods as needed.
- ‘When I realized Ossis and Wessis were growing further apart, I had to illustrate that,’ she said.
Origin Probably from German Westdeutsche 'West German'. Definition of Wessi in US English: Wessinounˈwesē informal A citizen of West Germany. Compare with Ossi Example sentencesExamples - The dingiest place we saw in Berlin was on the Wessi side, changing from S - to U-bahn at Yorckstrasse.
- Now, however, they have sprung back to life, owned perhaps by Wessis but mostly staffed by the Ossis they aim to please.
- It actually makes me angry to hear Wessis making jokes about the Ossis or criticizing them for whatever reason.
- There are still clashes between Wessis and Ossis.
- As an illustration, he describes how some got their elderly Wessi relatives to smuggle forbidden commodities across the border and then later used those goods as needed.
- Ossis and Wessis, as East and West Germans are called, get along just fine in Berlin these days, he insisted.
- ‘When I realized Ossis and Wessis were growing further apart, I had to illustrate that,’ she said.
Origin Probably from German Westdeutsche ‘West German’. |