西にしドイツ

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Meanings

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historical term

Historical term for the Federal Republic of Germany during the division of Germany, before reunification in 1990.

1990

年ねん

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東ひがし

ドイツ

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統とう

一いつ

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れ

た

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West Germany was unified with East Germany in 1990.

ドイツ連邦共和国れんぽうきょうわこく
ドイツ連邦共和国 is the formal official name that 西ドイツ used during the division and that unified Germany still uses today, while 西ドイツ specifically evokes the pre-1990 divided-era state.
西せい独どく
西独 is a Cold War-era abbreviation for West Germany, while 西ドイツ is the fuller, more common form used in everyday and general writing.

東ひがしドイツ
西ドイツ was the capitalist Federal Republic of Germany, while 東ドイツ was the communist German Democratic Republic on the other side of the divide.

ドイツN5
ドイツ refers to Germany as a whole (including today's unified country), while 西ドイツ names only the historical 1949-1990 western state.

Compound of 西 (nishi, 'west') + ドイツ (Doitsu, 'Germany'), a direct translation of 'West Germany'.