German exonyms

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Below is a list of German language exonyms for formerly German places and other places in non-German-speaking areas of the world. Archaic names are in italics.

Algeria

Belarus

Belgium

China

Croatia

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Denmark

Djibouti

Egypt

Estonia

Faroe Islands

France

Georgia

Greece

Hungary

India

Israel

Italy

Japan

Latvia

Lebanon

Libya

Lithuania

Luxembourg

''Note that this list only includes towns whose German name is significantly different from the official (mainly French) form. Towns that differ with predictable spelling/ ending changes shown below are not included.''

Moldova

Morocco

Myanmar

Namibia

Netherlands

North Korea

Norway

Papua New Guinea

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Russia

Serbia

For German place names in the Vojvodina region, please see: German exonyms (Vojvodina)

Slovakia

Slovenia

South Africa

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Syria

Taiwan

Tanzania

All of the below names are now obsolete. They were formerly used when Tanzania was part of the colony of German East Africa.

Turkey

Ukraine

United Kingdom

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