독일

Korean

Etymology

    Sino-Korean word from 獨逸, an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 獨逸 (Doitsu, “Germany”), from Dutch Duits (“German”).

    Pronunciation

    Romanizations
    Revised Romanization?Dogil
    Revised Romanization (translit.)?Dog'il
    McCune–Reischauer?Togil
    Yale Romanization?tok.il
    South Korean
    Standard Language         		독일(獨逸) (Dogil)
    North Korean
    Standard Language         		도이췰란드 (Doichwillandeu)

    Proper noun

    독일 • (Dogil) (hanja 獨逸)

    1. (South Korea, Yanbian) Germany (a country in Central Europe, formed in 1949 as West Germany, with its provisional capital Bonn until 1990, when it incorporated East Germany)
      Synonyms: (both obsolete) 도이칠란트 (Doichillanteu), 덕국(德國) (Deokguk)

    Coordinate terms

    countries in Europe (South Korea): 유럽의 나라 (Yureob-ui nara) (appendix)edit
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