All languages combined word senses marked with topical category "History of Germany"

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Total 82 word senses

• Alsace-Lorraine (Proper name) [English] A historical state in Germany (1871-1918)
• Alsace-Lorraine (Proper name) [French] Alsace-Lorraine
• Alsacia-Lorena (Proper name) [Spanish] Alsace-Lorraine (a historical state in Germany (1871-1918); modern Grand Est)
• Alsácia-Lorena (Proper name) [Portuguese] Alsace-Lorraine (a historical state in Germany (1871-1918); modern Grand Est)
• Anschluss (Proper name) [Polish] Alternative spelling of anszlus
• Berlin Wall (Proper name) [English] A wall that parted the city of Berlin until 1989, constructed by the German Democratic Republic to keep East Germans from escaping to West Berlin.
• Deutsche Mark (Noun) [English] The former currency unit of Germany (now replaced by the euro), abbreviated as DM or DEM.
• Elsaß-Lothringen (Proper name) [German] Alsace-Lorraine (a historical state in Germany (1871-1918); modern Grand Est)
• Enabling Act (Proper name) [English] the Enabling Act of 1933 passed by Weimar Republic's Reichstag, which paved the way for the Nazi's seizure of power.
• Exilliteratur (Noun) [German] exile literature (literary works of the authors who were forced to go into exile); Exilliteratur (the name for works of German literature written in the German diaspora by refugee authors who fled from Nazi Germany, Nazi Austria, and the occupied territories between 1933 and 1945)
• Generalgouvernement (Proper name) [German] General Government (a former occupation zone in Europe)
• Generalna Gubernia (Proper name) [Polish] General Government (a former occupation zone in Europe)
• Generalne Gubernatorstwo (Proper name) [Polish] General Government (a former occupation zone in Europe)
• III Rzesza (Proper name) [Polish] Alternative spelling of Trzecia Rzesza
• Ikalawang Digmaang Pandaigdig (Proper name) [Tagalog] World War II; Second World War
• Imperyong Aleman (Proper name) [Tagalog] German Empire
• Kaiser (Noun) [English] An emperor of a German-speaking country, particularly the Holy Roman Empire (962–1806), the Austrian Empire/Austria-Hungary (1806–1918), or the German Empire (1871–1918) — often specifically Wilhelm II.
• Kaiser (Noun) [Hunsrik] emperor
• Kaiserin (Noun) [English] The wife of a Kaiser.
• Kristallnacht (Noun) [English] The night of November 9–10, 1938, when a state-organized night of terror was staged against Jews in Germany and Austria.
• Kristallnacht (Noun) [German] Kristallnacht (state-organized night of terror staged against Jews)
• Krzyżak (Proper name) [Polish] Teutonic Knight
• Little Berlin (Proper name) [English] Synonym of Mödlareuth
• Mur Berliński (Proper name) [Polish] Berlin Wall (wall that parted Berlin)
• NS-Zeit (Noun) [German] Nazi era (the time period between 1933 and 1945, where the German state was controlled by Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party and transformed into a totalitarian dictatorship)
• Nuremberg (Proper name) [English] A major city in Bavaria, Germany.
• Petit Berlin (Proper name) [French] Synonym of Mödlareuth (“Little Berlin”)
• Prusak (Noun) [Polish] inhabitant or denizen of Prussia, the multi-ethnic German province
• Prusy (Proper name) [Polish] Prussia (geographical region)
• Prusy (Proper name) [Polish] Prussia (former kingdom)
• Rhenish Palatinate (Proper name) [English] The County Palatinate of the Rhine, particularly during the time between the Napoleonic Wars and the end of World War II (1816–1945), when it was in personal union with Bavaria.
• Second Reich (Proper name) [English] The German Empire from its consolidation in 1871 until the abdication of Kaiser Wilhelm II in 1918.
• Swingjugend (Proper name) [German] a jazz-loving, non-conformist youth subculture in Nazi Germany
• Third Reich (Proper name) [English] Synonym of Nazi Germany.
• Trzecia Rzesza (Proper name) [Polish] Third Reich (a former country in Europe, Germany under the Nazi regime, 1933–1945)
• U-Boot (Noun) [Polish] U-boat (any German submarine of the First or Second World War, or any Austro-Hungarian submarine of the First World War)
• Unang Digmaang Pandaigdig (Proper name) [Tagalog] World War I; First World War
• Uranium Club (Proper name) [English] A German project during World War II to research nuclear technology, including nuclear weapons and nuclear reactors.
• Vereinsthaler (Noun) [English] The monetary unit of the Kingdom of Hannover from 1857 to 1866.
• Wall (Proper name) [English] the Berlin Wall.
• Wirtschaftswunder (Proper name) [German] the Miracle on the Rhine; a period of high-speed economic development of Germany and Austria after World War II
• World War I (Proper name) [English] The war from 1914 to 1918 between the Entente Powers of the British Empire, Russian Empire, France, Italy, the United States and other allied nations, against the Central Powers represented by the German Empire, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria.
• World War II (Proper name) [English] The war from 1939 to 1945 of the Allied forces, including the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, the United States, France, and China, against the Axis Powers, including Germany, Italy, and Japan.
• Zeppelin (Noun) [English] A rigid airship dirigible, not restricted to Germany nor the early 20th century.
• anszlus (Proper name) [Polish] Anschluss (political annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany in 1938)
• elektor (Noun) [Polish] Elector, prince-elector (German prince entitled to elect the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire)
• elektorat (Noun) [Polish] electorate, electorship (office of an Elector, a German prince entitled to elect the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire)
• elektorat (Noun) [Polish] electorate, electorship (area of dominion of an Elector, a German prince entitled to elect the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire)
• grajcar (Noun) [Polish] kreutzer (former unit of currency of Germany)
• halerz (Noun) [Polish] heller (13th-century coin equivalent to half a pfennig)
• halerz (Noun) [Polish] heller (subdivision of Czech koruna)
• halerz (Noun) [Polish] heller (subdivision of Slovak koruna)
• heller (Noun) [English] A German coin equivalent to half a pfennig, later used widely as a small coin in Central Europe and the German Empire.
• jegier (Noun) [Polish] jaeger, Jäger (soldier)
• kajzer (Noun) [Polish] Kaiser (German emperor)
• krajcar (Noun) [Polish] Alternative form of grajcar
• kreuzer (Noun) [English] A small coin of varying value formerly used in parts of Germany and Austria.
• krone (Noun) [English] The currency of German-Austria and Liechtenstein after the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (1919) until the introduction of the Austrian schilling and, in Liechtenstein, the Swiss franc.
• krzyżacki (Adjective) [Polish] Teutonic Order
• marka (Noun) [Polish] convertible mark (former unit of currency of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
• marka (Noun) [Polish] ostmark (former unit of currency of East Germany)
• marka (Noun) [Polish] Deutsche Mark (former unit of currency of Germany)
• noc długich noży (Noun) [Polish] Night of the Long Knives (purge that took place in Nazi Germany from June 30 to July 2, 1934)
• noc kryształowa (Proper name) [Polish] Kristallnacht (night of November 9–10, 1938, when a state-organized night of terror was staged against Jews in Germany and Austria)
• ostmark (Noun) [English] The currency unit of the former German Democratic Republic (aka GDR, DDR, East Germany) until 1990, abbreviated DDM.
• ostruble (Noun) [English] A former currency of Germany and Lithuania in the 1910s and 1920s.
• palatyn (Noun) [Polish] count palatine, palsgrave (count palatinate of the Holy Roman Empire, possessing near-royal powers within his county)
• rajtar (Noun) [Polish] reiter; cavalryman (type of horseback soldier in Renaissance (16th–18th century) Europe in France, Germany, and Poland, with different weapons and armor in different countries)
• reichsmark (Noun) [English] The monetary unit in Germany between 1924 and 1948.
• szeląg (Noun) [Polish] farthing, penny, shilling
• talar (Noun) [Polish] thaler (historical monetary unit)
• taler (Noun) [English] Germanic unit of currency used between the 15th and 19th centuries.
• thaler (Noun) [English] A monetary unit used in a number of central and northern European countries, known locally as daalder (Netherlands), daler (Scandinavia), Taler, Thaler (Germany), etc.
• ułan (Noun) [Polish] uhlan (lancer, a soldier armed with a lance in a former light cavalry unit of the Polish, Prussian/German, Austrian, and Russian armies)
• volkizm (Noun) [Polish] Völkisch movement
• 德三 (Proper name) [Chinese] Short for 德意志第三帝國 /德意志第三帝国 (Déyìzhì Dì-sān Dìguó, “Nazi Germany; Third Reich”).
• 第三帝国 (Proper name) [Japanese] the Third Reich
• 第三帝國 (Proper name) [Chinese] Third Reich
• 防共協定 (Proper name) [Japanese] the Anti-Comintern Pact
• 알자스로렌 (Proper name) [Korean] Alsace-Lorraine (a historical state in Germany (1871-1918); modern Grand Est)
• アルザス・ロレーヌ (Proper name) [Japanese] Alsace-Lorraine (a historical state in Germany (1871-1918), modern part of Grand Est region in France)
• क़ैसर (Noun) [Hindi] Kaiser; title of an emperor of Germany

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