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  • adjective Of, from, or pertaining to West Germany.
  • noun Person who comes from or lives in West Germany.

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Examples

  • Rioters turned British and West German universities into communes.

    John W. Whitehead: "God Bless All of You on the Earth" John W. Whitehead 2011

  • Rioters turned British and West German universities into communes.

    John W. Whitehead: "God Bless All of You on the Earth" John W. Whitehead 2011

  • Back in the '60s the West German and U.S. governments had invested in civil infrastructure for the hospitals, but both the small hydroelectric power station and waterwheel-based potable water system had fallen into disrepair and were inoperable.

    Low-Tech Solutions For The Congo 2010

  • Guenter Guillaume, an agent for East Germany's Stasi who was unmasked as one of the closest aides of West German chancellor Willy Brandt, was exchanged for captured western agents.

    Spy swaps of the cold war 2010

  • Growth continued under the market-friendly policies of the new West German government.

    The German Miracle: Another Look Lawrence H. White 2010

  • Back in the '60s the West German and U.S. governments had invested in civil infrastructure for the hospitals, but both the small hydroelectric power station and waterwheel-based potable water system had fallen into disrepair and were inoperable.

    Low-Tech Solutions For The Congo Kenneth G. Brill 2010

  • West Germany's ostpolitik of engaging East Germany, Eastern Europe, and the Soviet Union only became a viable policy when it ceased being a project of Social Democrats and became the property of all West German political parties.

    John Feffer: What Comes after Kim Dae Jung? 2009

  • So the answer was to merge the East and West German banks, but the West German banks were not about to take on all those deposits against the bad assets, so the Government gave the banks special issue of government debt of an amount equal to the deposits to balance the books and give the bank some additional asset income.

    Marshall Auerback: Debtor's Revolt? 2009

  • And we take from this that East German women are less ditzy than West German women.

    "'Unbending squirrel' blocks nuclear train delivery." Ann Althouse 2009

  • THE LEFT party, led by a partnership of former East and West German leadership is expected to receive nearly 12 or 13% of the vote in the national elections in Germany on Sunday.

    IF MICHAEL MOORE WAS GERMAN, HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN ELECTED CHANCELLOR this SEPTEMBER 2009 2009

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