ostpolitik
/ˌoʊstpˌoʊlɪtˈɪk/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.59 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
The policies of West Germany under Chancellor Willy Brandt, seeking rapprochement with East Germany and the Soviet Union.
Example Sentences
- "One of the paradoxes of Ostpolitik, as practiced by Brandt and his successors, was that by transferring large sums of hard currency into East Germany and showering the GDR with recognition, attention, and support, West German officials unintentionally foreclosed any chance of internal change, including reform of Eastern Germany’s polluted, antiquated industrial economy."
- "Since Ostpolitik, the normalisation of relations between then West Germany and the east, policy has been predicated upon Russia being a status quo power, not an imperialist one."
Etymology
From German Ostpolitik.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Ostpolitik