EAST GERMAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does East German mean? 

• EAST GERMAN (noun)
  The noun EAST GERMAN has 1 sense:

1. a native or inhabitant of the former republic of East Germany

  Familiarity information: EAST GERMAN used as a noun is very rare.

• EAST GERMAN (adjective)
  The adjective EAST GERMAN has 1 sense:

1. relating to or characteristic of East Germany

  Familiarity information: EAST GERMAN used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EAST GERMAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A native or inhabitant of the former republic of East Germany

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("East German" is a kind of...):

German (a person of German nationality)

Holonyms ("East German" is a member of...):

East Germany; German Democratic Republic (a republic in north central Europe on the Baltic; established by the Soviet Union in 1954; reunified with West Germany in 1990)

• EAST GERMAN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Relating to or characteristic of East Germany

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

East German spies

Pertainym:

East Germany (a republic in north central Europe on the Baltic; established by the Soviet Union in 1954; reunified with West Germany in 1990)