A nation or civilization occupying the country around the Rhine, Elbe, and upper Danube Rivers in Central Europe, taken as a whole under its various governments. • The German Sprachraum; the countries and territories within Europe where German is or was the primary language. • The principal state in this country, including • A nominal medieval kingdom forming part of the Carolingian and Holy Roman Empires; (metonymic, now uncommon) the Holy Roman Empire in its entirety; (metonymic, obsolete) the Austrian Habsburg empire in its entirety. • An empire formed by Prussia in 1871 with its capital at Berlin. • A republic formed in 1918 with its capital at Berlin, inclusive of the Nazi regime who controlled it after 1933. • The socialist republic formed in 1949 with its capital at Berlin, more often known in English as East Germany. • A country in Central Europe, formed in 1949 as West Germany, with its provisional capital Bonn until 1990, when it incorporated East Germany. Official name: Federal Republic of Germany. Capital and largest city: Berlin. • The various states in this country either over time or during periods of disunity and division, sometimes (inexact) inclusive of the Holy Roman Empire and Austria-Hungary's other holdings. • A male given name. • A surname. • A township in Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States. • An unincorporated community in Clark County, Indiana, United States. • An unincorporated community in Houston County, Texas, United States.