General Reference
- Pronunciation: i/ˈdʒɜrməni/; (German: Deutschland; ), the Federal Republic of Germany (German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland, )
- Common English country name: Germany
- Official English country name: The Federal Republic of Germany
- Common endonym(s): Deutschland
- Official endonym(s): Bundesrepublik Deutschland
- Adjectival(s): German
- Demonym(s): Germans
- Etymology: Name of Germany
- International rankings of Germany
- ISO country codes: DE, DEU, 276
- ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:DE
- Internet country code top-level domain: .de
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