서독

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 西獨, from 西 (“west”) + 獨 (“Germany”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [sʰʌ̹do̞k̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [서독]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	Seodok
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	Seodog
McCune–Reischauer?	Sŏdok
Yale Romanization?	setok

Proper noun

서독 • (Seodok) (hanja 西獨)

1. West Germany (a former country in Europe)

   Coordinate term: 동독(東獨) (dongdok)

See also

• 독일연방공화국(獨逸聯邦共和國) (Dogiryeonbanggonghwaguk, “Federal Republic of Germany”)