Ostalgie
German, noun[ɔstalˈɡiː]
Ostalgie is spelled O-S-T-A-L-G-I-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 108,721st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ostalgie is a German feminine noun meaning “nostalgia for East Germany; Eastalgia” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sehnsuchtsvoll verklärende Rückwendung zu Verhältnissen in der DDR”.
What does Ostalgie mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininenostalgia for East Germany; Eastalgia
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. sehnsuchtsvoll verklärende Rückwendung zu Verhältnissen in der DDR
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 Ostalgie
- Ostalgien nominative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Ostalgie?
- [ɔstalˈɡiː]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Ostalgie in German?
Ostalgie appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).