# German Democratic Republic

> English word · Proper noun

## Definitions
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.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/german-democratic-republic