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Definition of German Democratic Republic
1. Noun. A republic in north central Europe on the Baltic; established by the Soviet Union in 1954; reunified with West Germany in 1990.
Generic synonyms: European Country, European Nation
Member holonyms: East German
Definition of German Democratic Republic
1. Proper noun. The official name of East Germany from 1949 until reunification in 1990. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of German Democratic Republic
Literary usage of German Democratic Republic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord by Joseph Whitaker (1869)
"The German Democratic Republic Is not recognized by the governments of western
countries. A number of governmental reforms have been introduced since the ..."
2. The German Socialist Party: Champion of the First Republic, 1918-1933 by William Harvey Maehl (1986)
"No larger study at all has come from the scholars of the German Democratic Republic
or the Soviet Union. On the other hand there has been a cloudburst of ..."
3. Manual of Patent Examining Procedure edited by J. Michael Thesz (1997)
"... patent granted in accordance with paragraph 18.1 of the Patent Law of the
former German Democratic Republic of 27/10/1983 Patentschrift ..."
4. Germany: A Country Study edited by Eric Solsten (1999)
"Five of these Lander date from July 1990, when the territory of the German
Democratic Republic was once again divided into Lander. ..."