{"id":10876,"date":"2019-07-24T12:08:32","date_gmt":"2019-07-24T12:08:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/?p=10876"},"modified":"2019-07-26T11:57:32","modified_gmt":"2019-07-26T11:57:32","slug":"4-words-about-former-west-germany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/4-words-about-former-west-germany\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Words About Former West Germany"},"content":{"rendered":"

Guten Tag! I recently read a book about the history of Germany. It contained many words I hadn\u2019t heard of before, that gave insights into specific aspects of German history. The section on the post-war\/Cold War period (1945-1991), in particular, used several German words when discussing the topic of East and West Germany. We all know that Germany was divided into east and west, but what we perhaps aren\u2019t as familiar with are the terms used to describe what was happening as a result of this divide. In this post I\u2019m sharing the \u2018west\u2019 words mentioned in the book (words related to former West Germany), and this post<\/a> shares the \u2018east\u2019 words (words related to former East Germany). I hope you find this as interesting as I did!<\/p>\n

3 Words About Former West Germany<\/h2>\n
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Allies’ flags outside Checkpoint Charlie, Berlin \/ Image via Pixabay<\/p><\/div>\n

die Westintegration<\/h3>\n

\u2018The west integration\u2019, or ‘integration with the west’,<\/strong> refers to Chancellor Konrad Adenauer\u2019s desire to push post-war (West) Germany into a westernised society as quickly as possible, away from Nazism and away from the Soviet rule in East Germany. Adenauer was Germany\u2019s first chancellor (1949-1963) and Westintegration<\/strong> was at the root of his politics.<\/p>\n

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die Westernisierung
\n-und-
\ndie Verwestlichung<\/h3>\n

Die Westernisierung<\/strong> translates to ‘westernisation’.<\/strong> In 1950s Germany, Westernisierung was regarded as a good thing because it had replaced the Nazism which came before it. People generally welcomed the Westernisierung<\/em> of post-war Germany. But by the 1960s people started to become dissatisfied with the apparent Amerikanisierung<\/strong> (Americanisation) of parts of West Germany under allied rule, and so Westernisierung began being known as die Verwestlichung, <\/strong>which carried a more negative connotation and suggested American culture was ‘taking over’.<\/p>\n

The book also mentions the word McKultur<\/strong>. Literally ‘McCulture’, this is a reference to American fast-food chain McDonalds, and is a colloquial term to describe how American culture spread across Germany. As McDonalds was not in Germany until 1971, this term won’t have come about until much later. Other, similar terms include<\/span> die Coca-Colaisierung<\/strong> (‘the Coca-Colaisation’) and <\/span>die McDonaldisierung<\/strong> (‘the McDonaldisation’).<\/span><\/p>\n

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Here is the post<\/a> on words related to East Germany! Bis bald (see you soon)!<\/h3>\n

Related vocabulary:<\/h3>\n

history<\/strong> \u2013 die Geschichte<\/p>\n

Cold War<\/strong> \u2013 der Kalte Krieg<\/p>\n

East Germany<\/strong> \u2013 Ostdeutschland \/ Deutsche Demokratische Republik (DDR)<\/p>\n

West Germany<\/strong> \u2013 Westdeutschland \/ Bundesrepublik Deutschland (BRD)<\/p>\n

integration<\/strong> \u2013 die Integration<\/p>\n

chancellor<\/strong> \u2013 der Kanzler (m) \/ die Kanzlerin (f)<\/p>\n

politics<\/strong> \u2013 die Politik<\/p>\n

Nazism<\/strong> \u2013 der Nazismus<\/p>\n

Americanisation<\/strong> \u2013 die Amerikanisierung<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Guten Tag! I recently read a book about the history of Germany. It contained many words I hadn\u2019t heard of before, that gave insights into specific aspects of German history. The section on the post-war\/Cold War period (1945-1991), in particular, used several German words when discussing the topic of East and West Germany. We all…<\/p>\n

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