gesamtdeutsch
German, adjective[ɡəˈzamtˌdɔɪ̯t͡ʃ]
gesamtdeutsch is spelled G-E-S-A-M-T-D-E-U-T-S-C-H (13 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written German, the 317,631st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gesamtdeutsch is a German adjective meaning “including the contemporary territories of the Federal Republic of Germany (that is both the former West Germany and East Germany)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich auf ein ungeteiltes Deutschland (nach dem 2. Weltkrieg) beziehend”.
What does gesamtdeutsch mean in English?
adjective
- 1
including the contemporary territories of the Federal Republic of Germany (that is both the former West Germany and East Germany)
- 2
archaicincluding the territories of the German Reich as of 1937
- 3
archaicincluding all continuous areas of German-speaking majority in Europe (though often without Switzerland)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. sich auf ein ungeteiltes Deutschland (nach dem 2. Weltkrieg) beziehend
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of gesamtdeutsch
- gesamtdeutscher masculine nominative singular
- gesamtdeutsche feminine nominative singular
- gesamtdeutsches neuter nominative singular
- gesamtdeutschen genitive masculine singular
- gesamtdeutschem dative masculine singular
- der gesamtdeutsche definite includes-article masculine
- die gesamtdeutsche definite feminine includes-article
- das gesamtdeutsche definite includes-article neuter
- die gesamtdeutschen definite includes-article nominative
- des gesamtdeutschen definite genitive includes-article
- der gesamtdeutschen definite feminine genitive
- dem gesamtdeutschen dative definite includes-article
- den gesamtdeutschen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gesamtdeutsch?
- [ɡəˈzamtˌdɔɪ̯t͡ʃ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is gesamtdeutsch in German?
gesamtdeutsch appears about once in every 30 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).