Sowjetunion

== German == === Etymology === From Sowjet +‎ Union, partial calque of Russian Советский Союз (Sovetskij Sojuz). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /zɔˈvjɛt.uˌni̯oːn/, /ˈzɔvjɛt.uˌni̯oːn/ === Proper noun === die Sowjetunion f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Sowjetunion) (historical) Soviet Union (a former transcontinental country in Europe and Asia (1922–1991), now split into Russia and fourteen other countries) Synonym: UdSSR === Further reading === “Sowjetunion”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “Sowjetunion” in Duden online