German Democratic Republic

name

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"german-democratic-republic" is a 24-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“German Democratic Republic” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
26
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Official name of East Germany (from 1947 through reunification in 1990): a former country in Central Europe.

Key facts for German Democratic Republic
PropertyValue
HeadwordGerman Democratic Republic
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters26
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “German Democratic Republic” sits in English frequency

German Democratic Republic falls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

German Democratic Republic is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Official name of East Germany (from 1947 through reunification in 1990): a former country in Central Europe.".

German Democratic Republic has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: Calque of German Deutsche Demokratische Republik. The correct English form is German Democratic Republic, spelled G-E-R-M-A-N- -D-E-M-O-C-R-A-T-I-C- -R-E-P-U-B-L-I-C.

Definition

  1. 1
    Official name of East Germany (from 1947 through reunification in 1990): a former country in Central Europe.

Etymology

Calque of German Deutsche Demokratische Republik.

This word in other languages

República Democrática Alemana(Español)République démocratique allemande(Français)Deutsche Demokratische Republik(Deutsch)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "German Democratic Republic"?
"German Democratic Republic" is spelled G-E-R-M-A-N- -D-E-M-O-C-R-A-T-I-C- -R-E-P-U-B-L-I-C.
What does "German Democratic Republic" mean?
As a proper noun, "German Democratic Republic" means: Official name of East Germany (from 1947 through reunification in 1990): a former country in Central Europe.
What is the origin of the word "German Democratic Republic"?
Calque of German Deutsche Demokratische Republik. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “German Democratic Republic”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is G-E-R-M-A-N- -D-E-M-O-C-R-A-T-I-C- -R-E-P-U-B-L-I-C - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list