of or pertaining to the West Central German dialects

One of two major subgroups of the Central German dialects; spoken primarily in the German states of Thuringia, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Brandenburg, and Berlin, and until 1945 in large parts of what is now western and southern Poland; distinguished from West Central German by the shift of pre-Old High German initial *p- to pf- (now usually f-).

of or pertaining to the East Central German dialects

(history) Of or pertaining to the German Democratic Republic.

(history, rare) A GDR politician.

(US) A layered chocolate cake filled and topped with coconut-pecan frosting.

(formal, history) The Third Reich’s official name from 1943 to 1945. / (history, informal) The Third Reich since March 12, 1938.

plural of German chocolate cake

(historical) A German federation that existed from 1867 to 1870.

plural of German Democratic Republican