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)

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”)

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