ドイツ

Alternative forms

• 独逸

Etymology

Listed in some sources as deriving from Dutch Duits (“German”, adjective, noun).^[1][2][3] Listed in others as a corruption of German deutsch (“German”, adjective) or Deutsch (“German”, noun).^[4] Considering the history of cultural contact, the Dutch derivation is more likely.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ド​イツ [dóꜜìtsù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[5][6]
• IPA^(key): [do̞it͡sɨᵝ]
• Homophone: 何奴

Proper noun

ドイツ (rōmaji Doitsu)

1. Germany
   • 1996 February 25 [Aug 9 1995], Watsuki, Nobuhiro, “第だい四十四幕まく　「心しん配ぱい無む用よう」 [Act 44: “Nothing to Worry About”]”, in るろうに剣けん心しん　—明めい治じ剣けん客かく浪ろ漫まん譚たん— [Rurōni Kenshin —Ballad of a Meiji Swordsroamer—], volume 6 (fiction, in Japanese), 3rd edition, Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, pages 95–96:

     いろいろと考 (かんが)えたのですが　実 (じつ)は　私 (わたし)　由 (ゆ)太 (た)郎 (ろう)を連 (つ)れて独逸 (ドイツ)へ行 (い)く事 (こと)に決 (き)めました

     Iroiro to kangaeta no desu ga jitsu wa watashi Yutarō o tsurete Doitsu e iku koto ni kimemashita

     To tell the truth, I’ve been agonizing over taking Yutarō to Germany

     独逸 (ドイツ)⁉

     Doitsu⁉

     Germany⁉

     独逸 (ドイツ)は　今 (いま)　世 (せ)界 (かい)で一番 (ばん)医 (い)学 (がく)が進 (すす)んだ国 (くに)です　そこで　治 (ち)療 (りょう)に専 (せん)念 (ねん)すればあるいは…と思 (おも)いまして

     Doitsu wa ima sekai de ichiban igaku ga susunda kuni desu soko de chiryō ni sennensureba arui wa… to omoimashita

     Germany is currently the leading nation in medicine, so I’ve been considering… pursuing a career in therapy

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