ドイツ
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See also: どいつ
Japanese[edit]
| Alternative spellings |
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| 独逸 (dated) 獨逸 独乙 (obsolete) 獨乙 (obsolete) |
Etymology[edit]
Listed in some sources as deriving from Dutch Duits (“German”, adjective, noun).[1][2][3] Listed in others as a corruption of German deutsch (“German”, adjective) or Deutsch (“German”, noun).[4] Considering the history of cultural contact (and the final ツ rather than チ), the Dutch derivation is more likely.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
- Germany (a country in Central Europe, formed in 1949 as West Germany, with its provisional capital Bonn until 1990, when it incorporated East Germany)
- 1996 February 25 [1995 August 9], Nobuhiro Watsuki, “第四十四幕 「心配無用」 [Act 44: “Nothing to Worry About”]”, in るろうに剣心 —明治剣客浪漫譚— (るろうに剣心 —明治剣客浪漫譚—) [Rurōni Kenshin: Ballad of a Meiji Swordsroamer], 3rd edition, volume 6 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, pages 95–96:
- いろいろと考えたのですが 実は 私 由太郎を連れて独逸へ行く事に決めました
- Iroiro to kangaeta no desu ga jitsu wa watashi Yutarō o tsurete Doitsu e iku koto ni kimemashita
- I've thought it over carefully, and I’ve decided to go to Germany with Yutarō.
- Doitsu⁉
- Germany!?
- Doitsu wa ima sekai de ichiban igaku ga susunda kuni desu Soko de chiryō ni sennen sureba arui wa…to omoimashite
- Germany is currently the leading nation in medicine, so I thought if he received treatment there, then maybe...
- いろいろと考えたのですが 実は 私 由太郎を連れて独逸へ行く事に決めました
Usage notes[edit]
This kanji spelling 独逸 is rarely used in its full form, but its abbreviation 独 is often used.
Derived terms[edit]
Derived terms
- ドイツ語 (Doitsu-go, “German language”)
- ドイツ人 (Doitsu-jin, “German person”)
- ドイツマルク (Doitsu maruku, “Deutsche Mark”)
- ドイツ民主共和国 (Doitsu Minshu Kyōwakoku, “German Democratic Republic”, former East Germany)
- ドイツ連邦共和国 (Doitsu Renpō Kyōwakoku, “Federal Republic of Germany”)
References[edit]
- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ 1984, 日本大百科全書：ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, “Encyclopedia Nipponica”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, relevant text online here.
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN