German lesson | instruction in the German language |
German short-haired pointer | liver or liver-and-white hunting dog developed in Germany, pointer and bloodhound |
German shepherd German shepherd dog German police dog alsatian | breed of large shepherd dogs used in police work and as a guide for the blind |
black bee German bee | darkolored ill-tempered honeybee supposedly of German origin |
German cockroach Croton bug crotonbug water bug Blattella germanica | small light-brown cockroach brought to United States from Europe, a common household pest |
East Midland | the dialect of Middle English that replaced West Saxon as the literary language and which developed into Modern English |
German High German German language | the standard German language, developed historically from West Germanic |
Old High German | High German prior to |
Middle High German | High German from to |
Low German Plattdeutsch | a German dialect spoken in northern Germany |
Middle Low German | Low German from to |
East Germanic East Germanic language | an extinct branch of the Germanic languages |
Turfan East Tocharian Turfan dialect | a dialect of Tocharian |
East Chadic | a group of Chadic languages spoken in Chad |
pfannkuchen german pancake | puffy mildly sweet lemon-flavored egg mixture sprinkled with confectioners' sugar and served with jam or a wine or fruit sauce |
East India Company | an English company formed in to develop trade with the new British colonies in India and southeastern Asia, in the th century it assumed administrative control of Bengal and held it until the British army took over in after the Indian Mutiny |
East Turkistan Islamic Movement East Turkestan Islamic Movement | a group of Uighur Muslims fighting Chinese control of Xinjiang, declared by China in to be terrorists although there is a long history of cycles of insurgency and repression |
Luftwaffe German Luftwaffe | the German airforce |
National Socialist German Workers' Party Nazi Party | the political party founded in Germany in and brought to power by Hitler in |
Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East | the commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations that is concerned with economic development of countries in Asia and the Far East |
east | a location in the eastern part of a country, region, or city |
East Orient | the countries of Asia |
Far East | a popular expression for the countries of eastern Asia (usually including China and Mongolia and Taiwan and Japan and Korea and Indochina and eastern Siberia) |
East eastern United States | the region of the United States lying to the north of the Ohio River and to the east of the Mississippi River |
east side | the side that is on the east |
east-west direction | in a direction parallel with lines of latitude |
East Africa | a geographical area in eastern Africa |
East Germany German Democratic Republic | a republic in north central Europe on the Baltic, established by the Soviet Union in , reunified with West Germany in |
Berlin German capital | capital of Germany located in eastern Germany |
East Timor | a former Portuguese colony that was annexed by Indonesia in , voted for independence from Indonesia in and in May became an independent nation |
Middle East Mideast Near East | the area around the eastern Mediterranean, from Turkey to northern Africa and eastward to Iran, the site of such ancient civilizations as Phoenicia and Babylon and Egypt and the birthplace of Judaism and Christianity and Islam, had continuous economic and political turmoil in the th century, the Middle East is the cradle of Western civilization |
Malay Archipelago East Indies East India | a group of islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans between Asia and Australia |
Bangladesh People's Republic of Bangladesh Bangla Desh East Pakistan | a Muslim republic in southern Asia bordered by India to the north and west and east and the Bay of Bengal to the south, formerly part of India and then part of Pakistan, it achieved independence in |
British East Africa | the former British territories of eastern Africa, including Kenya, Tanganyika, Uganda, and Zanzibar |
East Sussex | a county in southern England on the English Channel |
East Anglia | a region of eastern England that was formerly a kingdom |
Indonesia Republic of Indonesia Dutch East Indies | a republic in southeastern Asia on an archipelago including more than , islands, achieved independence from the Netherlands in , the principal oil producer in the Far East and Pacific regions |
East Malaysia | the part of Malaysia that is on the island of Borneo |
East Coast | the eastern seaboard of the United States (especially the strip between Boston and Washington D.C.) |
East Saint Louis | a town in southwest Illinois on the Mississippi across from Saint Louis |
East River | a tidal strait separating Manhattan and the Bronx from Queens and Brooklyn |
East China Sea | part of the Pacific Ocean near eastern Asia |
Sea of Japan East Sea | an arm of the Pacific between China and Japan |
East Indian | a native or inhabitant of the East Indies |
German American | an American who was born in Germany or whose ancestors were German |
German | a person of German nationality |
East German | a native or inhabitant of the former republic of East Germany |
cousin first cousin cousin-german full cousin | the child of your aunt or uncle |
East-sider | a resident of the east side of Manhattan in New York City |
Nazi German Nazi | a German member of Adolf Hitler's political party |