Ostgebiete

German (Berlin)

noun
Definitions
  • (historic) the pre-1938 territories of the German Reich east of the Oder-Neisse line, from where the German population was expelled after World War II, and which are now parts of Poland and Russia
  • (sometimes also) the even vaster pre-1918 territories of the Reich as well as, possibly, the Sudetenland, which was German between 1938 and 1945 (areas conquered during WWII are never included)

Etymology

Compound from German Ost (east) + German Gebiet (area, territory, zone, neighborhood).

Origin

German (Berlin)

Gebiet

Gloss

area, territory, zone, neighborhood

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