동독

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 東獨, from 東 (“east”) + 獨 (“Germany”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [to̞ŋdo̞k̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [동독]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	Dongdok
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	Dongdog
McCune–Reischauer?	Tongdok
Yale Romanization?	tongtok

Proper noun

동독 • (Dongdok) (hanja 東獨)

1. East Germany (a former country in Europe)

   Coordinate term: 서독(西獨) (seodok)

See also

• 독일민주공화국(獨逸民主共和國) (Dogilminjugonghwaguk, “German Democratic Republic”)