German
Etymology
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Pronunciation
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|lang=parameter) IPA(key): [ɔstalˈɡiː] - (deprecated use of
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|lang=parameter) Hyphenation: Os‧tal‧gie
Noun
Ostalgie f (genitive Ostalgie, no plural)
- nostalgia for East Germany
- 1993 December 10, Christoph Dieckmann, “Der Schnee von gestern”, Die Zeit:
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- Now some people are longing for the old hermit’s cell like a childhood treehouse. That’s harmless; West Germans find it horrifying, East Germans find it touching; Friedrich Schorlemmer speaks of “Ostalgie”.
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- 1993 December 27, Dietmar Pieper, “Wehre dich täglich”, Der Spiegel:
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- Severe Ostalgie has recently gripped East German bakers too.
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- 1994 April 2, Jan Jurczyk, “Ein Amerikaner im ‘Wilden Osten’”
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- In public, there is no shortage of prejudice from know-it-all West Germans or of Ostalgie: on the one side a company burdened with the past, formerly the sole supplier of cosmetics and then – revenge of the planned economy – held in trust.
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- 1994 May 13, Christoph Dieckmann, “Die Kunst zu leben”, Die Zeit:
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- Ostalgie is a delicious drink that can make you merry, please don’t get drunk on it.
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- 1993 December 10, Christoph Dieckmann, “Der Schnee von gestern”, Die Zeit: