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EAST GERMAN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A native or inhabitant of the former republic of East Germany
Classified under:
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)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Relating to or characteristic of East Germany
Example:
East German spies
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
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)