Ostmark

== German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɔstˌmark/, [ˈʔɔstˌmaʁk], [-ˌmaɐ̯k], [-ˌmaːk] Hyphenation: Ost‧mark === Etymology 1 === From Ost (“east”) +‎ Mark (“mark”). ==== Noun ==== Ostmark f (genitive Ostmark, plural Ostmark) (informal) The East German mark. Synonym: (official in West Germany) Mark-Ost ===== Declension ===== ===== Synonyms ===== Mark; Mark der DDR (official in East Germany) === Etymology 2 === From Ost (“east”) +‎ Mark (“marches”). ==== Noun ==== Ostmark f (genitive Ostmark, plural Ostmarken) the eastern marches, the easternmost territories of a state or empire, especially in a German or Germanic context ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== Ostmarkenverein ==== Proper noun ==== Ostmark f (proper noun, genitive Ostmark) (historical) Specific uses. the eastern marches of Franconia in the Middle Ages an administrative unit comprising parts of Bavaria from 1933 to 1942 and Austria from 1938 to 1942 (loosely) Austria as part of the Third Reich from 1938 to 1945 ===== Declension ===== === References === “Ostmark” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “Ostmark (Geld, Ostgeld)” in Duden online “Ostmark (Landschaft)” in Duden online