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)

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”)

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