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Definition 2024

		Germany; virtue; goodness Germany; virtue; goodness; morality; ethics; kindness; favor; character; kind	country; state; nation
trad. (德國)		德	國
simp. (德国)		德	国

德國

From 德 (Dé, abbreviation of 德意志 (Déyìzhì), from German Deutsch) + 國／国 (guó, “country”).

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: Déguó
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄜˊ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dergwo
  - IPA ^(key): /tɤ³⁵ ku̯ɔ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: dak¹ gwok³
  - Yale: dāk gwok
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dak⁷ gwok⁸
  - IPA ^(key): /tɐk̚⁵ kʷɔːk̚³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Tet-koet
  - Hakka Romanization System: ded` gued`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ded⁵ gued⁵
  - IPA: /tet̚² ku̯et̚²/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: Dáik-guók
  - IPA ^(key): /tɛiʔ²⁴⁻⁵⁵ kuɔʔ²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tiak-kok
  - Tâi-lô: Tiak-kok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diakkog
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tiak̚⁵⁻²⁴ kɔk̚⁵/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tek-kok
  - Tâi-lô: Tik-kok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dekkog
  - IPA (Taipei): /tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ kɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ kɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ kɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɪk̚³²⁻⁵ kɔk̚³²/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: teq koq (T4)
  - IPA ^(key): /təʔ³³ kʊʔ⁴⁴/