Deutsche Demokratische Republik

== German == === Alternative forms === DDR (abbreviation) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌdɔʏ̯t͡ʃə demoˌkʁaːtɪʃə ʁepuˈbliːk/ Hyphenation: Deut‧sche De‧mo‧kra‧ti‧sche Re‧pu‧b‧lik === Proper noun === die Deutsche Demokratische Republik f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik) (historical) German Democratic Republic (official name of East Germany (from 1947 through reunification in 1990): a former country in Central Europe) === See also === Bundesrepublik Deutschland === Further reading === “Deutsche Demokratische Republik”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)