West Germany

noun

1. a former republic in central Europe: created in 1949 by the coalescing of the British, French, and U.S. zones of occupied Germany established in 1945. 96,025 sq. mi. (248,706 sq. km). : Bonn.

West Germany

noun

1. a former republic in N central Europe, on the North Sea: established in 1949 from the zones of Germany occupied by the British, Americans, and French after the defeat of Nazi Germany; a member of the European Community; reunited with East Germany in 1990 Official nameFederal Republic of Germany See also Germany

West Germany

1. Popular name for the Federal Republic of Germany before the reunification of Germany in 1990. Bonn was the seat of its government.

Notes

The Bonn Convention in 1952 essentially granted West Germany national sovereignty . In 1955, West Germany was recognized as an independent country.

It made a swift recovery, called the “economic miracle” from the devastation of World War II .

With the collapse of communism , West Germany absorbed East Germany. Berlin became the capital of the united Germany.

Established in 1949, after dissension between the United States and the Soviet Union led to the division of Germany into East Germany and West Germany, it was formed out of the states included in the American, French, and British occupation zones.

West Germany was a member of NATO.

Other Words From

• West German adjective noun

Example Sentences

There was no Stonewall moment in West Germany, no memorable stand against the oppressive policing and sexual morality of those early postwar decades.

From Washington Post

The government equalized the age of consent, years before most other countries, including West Germany and the United States.

From Washington Post

His father, a radio journalist, left Czechoslovakia amid the Communist takeover in 1948 and settled in what was then West Germany, where he spent his career with Radio Free Europe.

From Washington Post

The grandmaster used his winnings to buy a few bottles of alcohol, which he then gave to border guards to let him pass into West Germany.

From Washington Post

He then scored both goals in Italy’s 2-0 win over Poland in the semifinals and, of course, another one in the final triumph against West Germany.

From Washington Post

“For a while, the only manifestations of change were people defecting to West Germany,” says Park.

From The Daily Beast

So if you were an East German, you could go to Hungary and then could go across to Austria, and from Austria into West Germany.

From The Daily Beast

What the Soviet agents thought—those who were now stuck in West Germany—I can only imagine.

From The Daily Beast

Then, in 1976, Peru deported Schwend to West Germany, where he landed in jail once again when he could not pay a $21 hotel bill.

From The Daily Beast

I went for the underdogs, the teams from countries that no longer exist: Czechoslovakia, West Germany, the Soviet Union.

From The Daily Beast

In the period since 1967 relations with West Germany have continued without major difficulties.

From Project Gutenberg

During 1972 relations between Bulgaria and West Germany improved.

From Project Gutenberg