Mouth: d-d-r
Translational equivalent: GDR (German Democratic Republic)
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hb08 | 61+m
The GDR stayed.
r ONLY2B GDR4 TO-STAY2* l m nur d-d-r bleiben
mst04 | 31-45m
I thought, “What does that mean, ‘GDR’?”
r I1 $GEST^ OPINION1B* GDR4 OPINION1B* TO-BELONG1^* I2* l m [MG] meint d-d-r was meint [MG]
lei11 | 31-45f
In times of the GDR one had to climb up the stairs.
r PAST-OR-BACK-THEN1 GDR4 TIME5A* UNTIL-OR-TO1 STAIRS2 l m früh d-d-r zeit treppe treppe
mue11 | 31-45f
I'd rather have the Wall back, though. The GDR should have remained.
r MY1 BACK1A* WALL3 GDR4 $GEST-TO-STAY-CALM1^* I1 l m … wieder zurück mauer d-d-r bleib
mst04 | 31-45m
The final score was 1:0 for the GDR.
r RESULT1 $GEST^ END1A* GDR4 GAIN1 $NUM-RELATION1:1d-0s l m ergeb{nis} d-d-r gewinn eins null
mue11 | 31-45f
My relatives live in the GDR.
r RELATED1 APARTMENT5 $INDEX1 l MY1 GDR4 m mein verwandt wohn d-d-r
hb08 | 61+m
Not the GDR soldiers, but only the Russians.
r GDR4 NO2A ONLY2A* RUSSIA4B* l m d-d-r nur russen
goe10 | 46-60m
During my time in the GDR, there was no public information on that.
r I1 PAST-OR-BACK-THEN2 GDR4 TIME7A PUBLIC1A NOT3A l m gewesen d-d-r zeit öffentlich
fra05 | 46-60m
I thought we were at the border between the GDR and Hanover.
r $INDEX1 BORDER2* $INDEX1 GDR4 NEXT-TO1A* $INDEX1* HANOVER1* l m … d-d-r hannover
mst04 | 31-45m
Germany was beautiful as it was, then the country was split, and the GDR was founded. I really didn’t like that.
r AREA1A^* $INDEX1 $PROD GDR4 $GEST-OFF1^ TO-FOUND2 TO-PROMOTE2A^* l m … [MG] gegründet
goe10 | 46-60m
It wasn’t published in the GDR.
r GDR4 PUBLIC1A NOT3A l m d-d-r öffentlich nicht
goe10 | 46-60m
The GDR and the Soviet Union were like brothers.
r $INDEX1 GERMAN1* GDR4 AND2A SOVIET1 LINK2* l m deutsche d-d-r und sowjetunion
mst04 | 31-45m
Well, don’t you know the reason why the GDR was founded?
r REASON4A TO-FOUND2 l TO-KNOW-STH2A* GDR4 $INDEX2 m warum gründ{en} d-d-r
mue11 | 31-45f
It concerns people from the East more.
r MORE3* GDR4 RIGHT-OR-AGREED1A* l m mehr d-d-r stimmt
lei11 | 31-45f
That was during the German Democratic Republic, when you had to study to become a dental technician. Today you would just say apprenticeship.
r PAST-OR-BACK-THEN1 GDR4 TIME5B* NOW1* APPRENTICE1A l m früher d-d-r zeit jetzt lehrling
goe10 | 46-60m
There was only one television program in the GDR.
r $NUM-ONE-TO-TEN1A:1d* PROGRAM1A I1 GDR4 THERE-IS3 l m ein programm d-d-r gibt
mst04 | 31-45m
There was this one match against the GDR, and they played extremely strong and beat Germany 1:0.
r STRONG1B l TO-RISE1^ $PROD GDR4 TO-BE-CALLED1B* HOWEVER1A m [MG] d-d-r heißt doch stark
goe10 | 46-60m
We didn’t know anything in the GDR.
r GDR4 ALL1A* TO-KNOW-STH2A* $GEST-OFF1^* l $INDEX1 m d-d-r alle [MG]
mue11 | 31-45f
But it's like that in the West, as well, as they had to pay a lot for the East.
r MUCH1A TO-PAY2* ON-PERSON1* GDR4 $GEST-OFF1^* l m viel bezahl bezahl bezahl auf d-d-r
mvp03 | 18-30f
Later, when the Wall had already fallen, my father wrote to me saying that there wasn't the GDR anymore, just the Federal Republic of Germany.
r LATER4 FATHER1 TO-WRITE1A GDR4 NOT-ANYMORE1A $ALPHA1:B-R-D l m vater d-d-r nicht mehr b-r-{d}
lei11 | 31-45f
It was a really hard time during the German Democratic Republic.
r THEN1C PAST-OR-BACK-THEN1 GDR4 TIME5B* HARD1A* TIME5B* l m dann früher d-d-r zeit hart zeit
mst04 | 31-45m
It was more extreme in the GDR, as good players were put under a lot of pressure.
r IN-CONTAINED2 SPORTS1B TO-PRESSURE1* l VERY7* $INDEX1 GDR4 GOOD1 m in d-d-r gut sport
goe10 | 46-60m
In the GDR, there was officially/
r $GEST-OFF1^ PAST-OR-BACK-THEN1 GDR4 $INDEX1 PUBLIC1A* l SMALL10* m [MG] früher d-d-r [MG] o{ffiziel}
goe10 | 46-60m
You didn’t know anything about it in the GDR.
r PAST-OR-BACK-THEN1 GDR4 TO-KNOW-STH2B AREA1D^ LIKE-HOW1A* l m früher d-d-r [MG] wie
goe10 | 46-60m
During GDR times, nobody knew anything and nobody was being warned, either.
r GDR4 TIME7A* AREA1D* I2 l m d-d-r-zeit
ber06 | 31-45m
All I wanted was freedom, but I was stuck in the German Democratic Republic, in the east.
r TO-WANT2* FREE2A* ROUND-BALL1^* GDR4 EAST1B TO-BELONG1^* l m will freiheit d-d-r ost
goe10 | 46-60m
The GDR also said that they didn’t understand why the west was so worried.
r HERE1 GDR4 TO-SAY1 TO-UNDERSTAND1* NOT3A l $INDEX1 m hier d-d-r sagt versteht nicht
hb08 | 61+m
But in time I got to know the people and their lives in the GDR.
r GDR4 $INDEX1 TO-LIVE1C* PROCEEDING1A^ l m d-d-r
mst04 | 31-45m
People from the former GDR realized that even ten years after the wall fell, they weren’t satisfied with the situation.
r HUMAN2* HIS-HER1 GDR4 HIS-HER1 EXPERIENCE-OR-KNOWLEDGE2B* MAIN1A^* l m d-d-r erfah{rung}
goe10 | 46-60m
They were all complaining, but geographically, the GDR was closer to the explosion, so we would’ve been affected before western Germany.
r BEFORE1G ALREADY1A* BEFOREHAND2* GDR4 PERIOD-OF-TIME1A* RADIATION1* I1* l m schon vor d-d-r
mvp03 | 18-30f
When did you learn about the Stasi? Was it while the GDR was still existent? People/
r TO-LEARN-STH1A LIKE-THIS1^* $ORG-STASI1C GDR4 TO-MEMORISE1^ PERSON1* l m erfahren stasi d-d-r
mvp03 | 18-30f
Yet, how old were you? Did they tell you about it when you were still little or not until the wall had been fallen?
r YOU1* SMALL3 YOU1* GDR4 TIME5A* TO-SIGN1A FALL-OF-THE-BERLIN-WALL2 l m … klein zeit mauerfall
sh06 | 46-60f
Against the GDR, true.
r GDR4 $INDEX1* l m d-d-r
sh06 | 31-45f
Against the GDR.
r GDR4 l m d-d-r
goe10 | 46-60m
The newspaper in the GDR, yes, it said that a nuclear power plant had broken down.
r NEWSPAPER1B* TO-PRINT1^* YES1A GDR4 TO-PRINT1^* NUCLEAR1 BROKEN4 l m [MG] d-d-r atom kaputt
hb08 | 61+m
He said, “I am from the GDR.”
r TO-SAY1 I1 $GEST^ GDR4 l m d-d-r
ber03 | 46-60f
I’m from the GDR.
r I2* GDR4 I2* $GEST-OFF1^* PAST-OR-BACK-THEN1* l m d-d-r
ber14 | 18-30f
My mom still has old money from the GDR and she showed it to me.
r TO-SHOW1A* l MUM10 PRESENT-OR-HERE1* GDR4 MONEY1A m mama da zeig d-d-r geld
ber06 | 31-45m
They asked me why I wanted to leave the GDR.
r QUESTION1 WHY1* WHY3B* GDR4 TO-LEAVE1A l m fra{gen} warum d-d-r verlassen
mst04 | 31-45m
Back then, in the GDR, young people were supported a lot within a community.
r GDR4 TIME1 AREA1A^ GREAT1A* l m d-d-r zei{t} [MG]
ber06 | 31-45m
He stated that I was not politically active or spoke badly about the GDR.
r POLITICS1 $GEST-TO-PONDER1^* OVER-OR-ABOUT1 GDR4 DISCRIMINATION2* NONE9 $GEST-OFF1^ l m politik über d-d-r [MG]
mue11 | 31-45f
For instance, you could only go on holidays to Hungary.
r WALL3* ALLOWED4 VACATION10* l EXAMPLE3* $INDEX1 GDR4 ONLY2A m beispiel m{auer} d-d-r darf urlaub nur
mst04 | 31-45m
Of course, I don’t know how they paid for all that back in the GDR. Maybe that also ruined them financially.
r TO-KNOW-STH2B* I1 NOT3A* GDR4 TO-ORGANISE2A* TO-OWN-TO-EXIST1* EYE1* l m weiß nicht d-d-r [MG]
hb08 | 61+m
I was wondering where the politicians from the GDR were, but they were all gone.
r TO-WORRY1A^ GDR4 WHERE1A AWAY1^* l m d-{d-r} wo
mue11 | 31-45f
One good thing about the GDR was, however, the promotion of children.
r SUPER2* WHAT1A* CHILD2* l BUT1 EAST1A* GDR4 m aber d-d-r sehr gut kinderförderprogramm
mst04 | 31-45m
Today's jersey shorts are a little longer, but they used to be really short in the GDR.
r l FOOTBALL2 $PROD PAST-OR-BACK-THEN1* GDR4 TO-BELONG1^* $PROD m fußball früh d-d-r
hb08 | 61+m
Which means that there also lived rich people with a lot of money in the GDR.
r MEANING1^* $INDEX1* GDR4 MUCH1C MONEY1C RICH2A l m d-d-r reich
mst04 | 31-45m
After finishing school in the GDR, deaf people would immediately get a job.
r PERSON1* DEAF1A* PERSON1* GDR4 PERSON1* SCHOOL1A THEN1A l m [MG] d-d-r schule dann
mst04 | 31-45m
Deaf people who were living in the GDR at the time say that there was absolutely no problem getting a job back then.
r PAST-OR-BACK-THEN2 GOOD1 LOST-HEARING1 GDR4 TIME1 BETWEEN1C* TO-WORK2* l m früher [MG] zeit arbeit
lei11 | 31-45f
It looks kind of funny, kind of rundown, and there is old decor from the times of the GDR hanging from the ceiling/
r LIKE-HOW1B WASTE1^* PAST-OR-BACK-THEN1* GDR4 ON-OR-AT1^* l m wie [MG] frü{her} d-d-r
mvp03 | 18-30f
I'm wondering why deaf people in the GDR always learned about things so late.
r TO-WONDER1 PAST1^ I1 GDR4 TO-MEMORISE1 DEAF1A LATE1 l m d-d{-r} mer{ken} gehörlos spät
mvp03 | 18-30m
That's due to the doctors of the GDR - they weren't very good.
r $ORAL^ BUT1* GDR4 $GEST-OFF1^* BACK-THEN1* PHYSICIAN1 l m aber aber d-d-r arzt
mvp03 | 18-30m
If my parents had to go to the doctor, he would just do something random, and send them, for example, to Güstrow.
r BACK-THEN1* GDR4 LIKE-THIS1A* I2 l $INDEX2 m so
mvp03 | 18-30f
Still, the GDR was nice to some extent, as well.
r I1 $GEST^ GDR4 ALSO1A* BEAUTIFUL1A HALF1A l m d-d-r auch schön halb
mue11 | 31-45f
But because my aunt received our mail and then continued to send it to him within the GDR, it wasn’t controlled.
r $GEST-OFF1^* AFTERWARDS1A^* $INDEX1 GDR4 TO-SEND-OR-TO-DISPATCH2* NOT3B* $ALPHA1:# l $INDEX1 m [MG] [MG] d-d-r schicken [MG] d-d-r
mst04 | 31-45m
After the wall had fallen, many eastern Germans said the west was beautiful.
r GDR4 FALL-OF-THE-BERLIN-WALL2 INTO2 $ALPHA1:W l m d-d-r m{auer}fall westdeutschland
mst04 | 31-45m
But I would say that, on average, the GDR is 20 to 30 years behind Germany in development.
r GERMAN1 ADVANCE1 l ON-PERSON1 GDR4 AREA1A WAGE1* $NUM-TENS2A:2d m deutsch vor auf d-d-r zwanzig
lei01 | 18-30m
Life was good in the GDR.
r l TO-LIVE4* GOOD1 $INDEX2* GDR4 GDR2* GDR2 m leben gut d-d-r d-d-r
mue11 | 31-45f
But other people in the GDR didn't get robbed now, did they?
r ALTHOUGH2 DIFFERENT2* DIFFERENT4 GDR4 APARTMENT5* $INDEX1 $INDEX1 l m obwohl andere d-d-r wohnen
mst04 | 31-45m
Nobody said anything in the GDR because everyone was scared of the consequences.
r DONE4 l GDR4 NOTHING-TO-SAY1 FEAR1 m d-d-r angst
mst04 | 31-45m
They told me that the GDR only gets one shipment of bananas a year.
r TO-TELL4 SELF1A* $INDEX1 GDR4 AREA1B ONLY2B YEAR1A l m [MG] [MG] [MG] d-d-r [MG] ein jahr
mst04 | 31-45m
In the whole GDR.
r GDR4 AREA1A l m d-d-r
mst04 | 31-45m
They said there were quite a few things, things that were produced in the GDR.
r OF-COURSE1A LIKE1A* $ORAL^ GDR4 TO-OWN-TO-EXIST1 $NUM-TENS2A:3d FARMER1 l m selbst{verständlich} wie stadt d-d [MG] bauer
mst04 | 31-45m
Then they said that the company used to build that in the GDR.
r l TO-SAY1 $INDEX1 PAST-OR-BACK-THEN1 GDR4 COMPANY1A* $INDEX1 COMPANY1A m früher d-d-r firma
mst04 | 31-45m
“No, no, not used to, the company builds them in the GDR.”
r $GEST-DECLINE1^ PAST-OR-BACK-THEN1 NO1A GDR4 $INDEX1 COMPANY1A $INDEX1* l m … früher [MG] d-d-r firma [MG]
mst04 | 31-45m
I asked whether it was constructed in the GDR.
r $ORAL^ OPINION1B YOUR1 GDR4 COMPANY1A $INDEX1 $INDEX1 l m [LM:ah] meinst d-d-r firma
mst04 | 31-45m
The relative knew the shape and realized it was the same lawnmower as the one in the GDR.
r TO-KNOW-STH-OR-SB1A SHAPE1A BETTER1 GDR4 SAME3* $INDEX1 l m kenn form [MG] dieselb
mst04 | 31-45m
One says that the handiwork in the GDR was supposedly really great.
r TO-HEAR2 HAND1A TO-WORK1* l TO-SAY1 $INDEX1 GDR4 GOOD1 m d-d-r handarbeit
mst04 | 31-45m
He said that back in the GDR, people had very little money.
r $GEST-TO-PONDER3^ PAST-OR-BACK-THEN1 RICH7 GDR4 RICH7 RARELY1 l m [MG] früher d-d-r reich selten
mst04 | 31-45m
I was told that they had fled from the GDR.
r TO-SAY4* $INDEX1 SELF1A* GDR4 SELF1A* FLIGHT1B TO-COME1* l m [MG] selbst d-d-r selbst [MG]
mst04 | 31-45m
The police had apparently locked them up in the GDR jails a few times, but that person didn’t care.
r GDR4 POLICE1B* TO-ARREST-SB2 PRISON3B l m d-d-r po{lizei} [MG] gefäng{nis}
mst04 | 31-45m
They showed the problems that were present in the GDR; they were like a role model.
r BUT1* AND2A* ALL1A GDR4 I1* TO-ACCOMPLISH1C TO-SHOW1B l m an d-d-r schaff [MG]
mst04 | 31-45m
They wanted to travel from the GDR to Yugoslavia, which was a Soviet region back then.
r GDR4 THERE1 l TO-KNOW-STH-OR-SB1A $INDEX1 PAST-OR-BACK-THEN1 YUGOSLAVIA1 m [MG] d-d-r früh jugoslawien
lei13 | 46-60m
That wasn't possible in the GDR.
r GDR1A* $INDEX1 GDR4* MONEY1C* CAN1* $GEST-OFF1^ l m d-d-r d-d-r geld
mue11 | 31-45f
I know about many elder people who lived in the GDR and want the Wall back.
r l OLD3 PEOPLE2* GLADLY1 GDR4* SELF1A* PEOPLE2 SELF1A* m alt leute d-{d}-r sel{bst} leute se{lbst}
mue11 | 31-45f
It has to do with the economy and not just with the GDR.
r BECAUSE-OF1 ECONOMY1A l NOT3A* ONLY2A GDR4* NO1A^ THIS2* m nicht nur wegen d-d-r wirtschaft
mst04 | 31-45m
The World Cup. Germany against GDR. I finally get what this is about, and it's nice watching it.
r CHAMPIONSHIP1 GERMAN1* AGAINST3A* GDR4* I1* TO-SEE1 $INDEX1 l m … deutsch{land} gegen d-d-r
ber06 | 31-45m
I was sure that I didn’t want to stay in the GDR, everything there was too narrow for me.
r I1* SELF1A $GEST-OFF1^* GDR4* AREA1A^ OFTEN1B^ TETRAGON5^* l m selb{st} d-d-r dasselbe
ber06 | 31-45m
At the prison, there was a magistrate, or rather, a Stasi operative, and an interpreter.
r PRISON3C* GDR4* POLICE1A* DETECTIVE1C^* PARTY-POLITICAL1^* l $INDEX1 m gefängnis d-d-r p{olizei} pa{rtei} po{lizei}
mst04 | 31-45m
That didn’t exist in the GDR. Everybody had to pay for himself or herself.
r TO-PAY1 l GDR4* NONE7B SELF1A* m d-d{-r} selbst bezah{len}
mst04 | 31-45m
To Hungary, within the GDR, or to Poland.
r $LIST1:1of1d HUNGARY-$CANDIDATE-MST12^* $INDEX1* GDR4* POLAND4* MASS-OF-PEOPLE-ACTIVE2* $GEST-NM-NOD-HEAD1^ l m ungarn d-d-r pol{en} [MG] okay
mue11 | 31-45f
The aunt living in the GDR wasn't under police control.
r AUNT9* DIRECTION3^* DIRECTION3 TEST1^ l GDR4* POLICE1A m tante d-d-r
fra05 | 46-60m
I was quite shocked of the amount of airport security measures. It was like it used to be in the DDR/
r TO-DIVIDE-IN1A^* LIKE3A* PAST1^ GDR4* $INDEX1* l m … wie d-d-r
fra05 | 46-60m
It was just like in the GDR.
r $ALPHA1:D* GDR4* $INDEX1 LIKE3A PLANE1^* l m wie d-d-r
