das Ostgebiete
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; the even vaster pre-1918 territories of the Reich as well as, possibly, the Sudetenland, which was German between 1938 and 1945
- plural
- die Ostgebiete
- built from
- Ost + Gebiete
Meanings
- 1
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
- 2
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
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | dasOstgebiete | dieOstgebiete |
| accusative | dasOstgebiete | dieOstgebiete |
| dative | demOstgebiete | denOstgebieten |
| genitive | — | derOstgebiete |
Forms in lighter type are derived by the standard declension rules from the nominative, genitive and plural.