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1. a republic in central Europe; split into East Germany and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990 (noun.location)
part holonym | : | buchenwald, |
definition | : | a Nazi concentration camp for Jews in World War II that was located in central Germany (noun.artifact) |
part holonym | : | dachau, |
definition | : | a concentration camp for Jews created by the Nazis near Munich in southern Germany (noun.artifact) |
part holonym | : | siegfried line, |
definition | : | German fortifications facing the Maginot Line (noun.artifact) |
part holonym | : | lower saxony, |
definition | : | a state in northwestern Germany (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | aachen, aix-la-chapelle, aken, |
definition | : | a city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders; formerly it was Charlemagne's northern capital (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | berlin, german capital, |
definition | : | capital of Germany located in eastern Germany (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | bremen, |
definition | : | a city of northwestern Germany linked by the Weser River to the port of Bremerhaven and the North Sea; in the Middle Ages it was a leading member of the Hanseatic League (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | bremerhaven, |
definition | : | a port city in northwestern Germany at the mouth of the Weser River on the North Sea; has a deep natural harbor and is an important shipping center (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | chemnitz, karl-marx-stadt, |
definition | : | a city in east central Germany; formerly called Karl-Marx-Stadt until 1990; noted for textile manufacturing (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | dortmund, |
definition | : | an industrial city in northwestern Germany; flourished from the 13th to 17th century as a member of the Hanseatic League (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | dresden, |
definition | : | a city in southeastern Germany on the Elbe River; it was almost totally destroyed by British air raids in 1945 (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | leipzig, |
definition | : | a city in southeastern Germany famous for fairs; formerly a music and publishing center (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | solingen, |
definition | : | a city in west central Germany noted for cutlery (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | weimar, |
definition | : | a German city near Leipzig; scene of the adoption in 1919 of the constitution of the Weimar Republic that lasted until 1933 (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | bavaria, |
definition | : | a state in southern Germany famous for its beer; site of an automobile factory (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | hamelin, hameln, |
definition | : | a town in northern Germany (near Hanover) that is famous as the setting for the legend of the Pied Piper (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | bonn, |
definition | : | a city in western Germany on the Rhine River; was the capital of West Germany between 1949 and 1989 (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | cologne, koln, |
definition | : | a commercial center and river port in western Germany on the Rhine River; flourished during the 15th century as a member of the Hanseatic League (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | dusseldorf, |
definition | : | an industrial city in western Germany on the Rhine (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | essen, |
definition | : | a city in western Germany; industrial center of the Ruhr (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | halle, halle-an-der-saale, |
definition | : | a city in the Saxony region of Germany on the Saale River; a member of the Hanseatic League during the 13th and 14th centuries (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | hamburg, |
definition | : | a port city in northern Germany on the Elbe River that was founded by Charlemagne in the 9th century and is today the largest port in Germany; in 1241 it formed an alliance with Lubeck that became the basis for the Hanseatic League (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | hannover, hanover, |
definition | : | a port city in northwestern Germany; formerly a member of the Hanseatic League (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | lubeck, |
definition | : | a city in northwestern Germany and an important Baltic port; a leading member of the Hanseatic League (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | mannheim, |
definition | : | a city in southwestern Germany at the confluence of the Rhine and Neckar rivers (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | nuremberg, nurnberg, |
definition | : | a city in southeastern Germany; site of Allied trials of Nazi war criminals (1945-46) (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | potsdam, |
definition | : | a city in northeastern Germany; site of the Potsdam Conference in the summer of 1945 (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | rostock, |
definition | : | a city in northeastern Germany near the Baltic sea; an important member of the Hanseatic League in the 14th century (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | stuttgart, |
definition | : | a city in southwestern Germany famous for innovative architecture (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | wuerzburg, wurzburg, |
definition | : | a city of south central Germany (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | rheinland, rhineland, |
definition | : | a picturesque region of Germany around the Rhine river (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | palatinate, pfalz, |
definition | : | a territory in southwestern Germany formerly ruled by the counts palatine (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | preussen, prussia, |
definition | : | a former kingdom in north-central Europe including present-day northern Germany and northern Poland (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | ruhr, ruhr valley, |
definition | : | a major industrial and coal mining region in the valley of the Ruhr river in northwestern Germany (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | thuringia, |
definition | : | a historical region of southern Germany (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | frisian islands, |
definition | : | a chain of islands in the North Sea off the coast of northwestern Europe extending from the IJsselmeer to Jutland (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | bodensee, constance, lake constance, |
definition | : | a lake in southeastern Germany on the northern side of the Swiss Alps; forms part of the Rhine River (noun.object) |
part holonym | : | danau, danube, danube river, |
definition | : | the 2nd longest European river (after the Volga); flows from southwestern Germany to the Black Sea (noun.object) |
part holonym | : | neckar, neckar river, |
definition | : | a river in Germany; rises in the Black Forest and flows north into the Rhine (noun.object) |
part holonym | : | oder, oder river, |
definition | : | a European river; flows into the Baltic Sea (noun.object) |
part holonym | : | rhein, rhine, rhine river, |
definition | : | a major European river carrying more traffic than any other river in the world; flows into the North Sea (noun.object) |
part holonym | : | ruhr, ruhr river, |
definition | : | a tributary of the Rhine (noun.object) |
part holonym | : | saale, saale river, |
definition | : | a river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River (noun.object) |
part holonym | : | weser, weser river, |
definition | : | a river in northwestern Germany that flows northward to the North Sea near Bremerhaven (noun.object) |
part meronym | : | europe, |
definition | : | the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use `Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles (noun.object) |
member holonym | : | german, |
definition | : | a person of German nationality (noun.person) |
member holonym | : | sorbian, |
definition | : | a speaker of Sorbian (noun.person) |
member meronym | : | nato, north atlantic treaty organization, |
definition | : | an international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security (noun.group) |
domain member region | : | oktoberfest, |
definition | : | an autumn festival that involves merrymaking and drinking beer (noun.act) |
domain member region | : | blenheim, |
definition | : | the First Duke of Marlborough and Prince Eugene of Savoy defeated the French in 1704 during the War of the Spanish Succession (noun.act) |
domain member region | : | battle of jena, jena, |
definition | : | the battle in 1806 in which Napoleon decisively defeated the Prussians (noun.act) |
domain member region | : | battle of lutzen, lutzen, |
definition | : | a battle in the Thirty Years' War (1632); Swedes under Gustavus Adolphus defeated the Holy Roman Empire under Wallenstein; Gustavus Adolphus was killed (noun.act) |
domain member region | : | battle of minden, minden, |
definition | : | a battle in the Seven Years' War (1759) in which the English forces and their allies defeated the French (noun.act) |
domain member region | : | battle of rossbach, rossbach, |
definition | : | a battle in the Seven Years' War (1757); Prussian forces under Frederick the Great defeated the armies of France and Austria (noun.act) |
domain member region | : | panzer, |
definition | : | an armored vehicle or tank (noun.artifact) |
domain member region | : | hakenkreuz, swastika, |
definition | : | the official emblem of the Nazi Party and the Third Reich; a cross with the arms bent at right angles in a clockwise direction (noun.communication) |
domain member region | : | german, german language, high german, |
definition | : | the standard German language; developed historically from West Germanic (noun.communication) |
domain member region | : | schadenfreude, |
definition | : | delight in another person's misfortune (noun.feeling) |
domain member region | : | weissbier, wheat beer, white beer, |
definition | : | a general name for beers made from wheat by top fermentation; usually very pale and cloudy and effervescent (noun.food) |
domain member region | : | liebfraumilch, |
definition | : | a sweetened Rhenish wine (especially one from Hesse in western Germany) (noun.food) |
domain member region | : | norse mythology, |
definition | : | the mythology of Scandinavia (shared in part by Britain and Germany) until the establishment of Christianity (noun.group) |
domain member region | : | al tawhid, al-tawhid, divine unity, |
definition | : | an Islamic terrorist cell that originated in Jordan but operates in Germany; goal is to attack Europe and Russia with chemical weapons (noun.group) |
domain member region | : | raf, red army faction, |
definition | : | a Marxist and Maoist terrorist organization in Germany; a network of underground guerillas who committed acts of violence in the service of the class struggle; a successor to the Baader-Meinhof Gang; became one of Europe's most feared terrorist groups; disbanded in 1998 (noun.group) |
domain member region | : | pietism, |
definition | : | 17th and 18th-century German movement in the Lutheran Church stressing personal piety and devotion (noun.group) |
domain member region | : | black forest, schwarzwald, |
definition | : | a hilly forest region in southwestern Germany (noun.object) |
domain member region | : | teuton, |
definition | : | someone (especially a German) who speaks a Germanic language (noun.person) |
domain member region | : | brownshirt, |
definition | : | a member of the Nazi SA which wore brown uniforms (noun.person) |
domain member region | : | margrave, |
definition | : | a German nobleman ranking above a count (corresponding in rank to a British marquess) (noun.person) |
domain member region | : | quadrillion, |
definition | : | the number that is represented as a one followed by 24 zeros (noun.quantity) |
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