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单词 ostmark
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Ostmarkn.

Brit. /ˈɒstmɑːk/, U.S. /ˈɑstˌmɑrk/
Origin: A borrowing from German. Etymon: German Ostmark.
Etymology: < German Ostmark (1948: see note) < Ost- (see east n.1) + Mark mark n.2 (compare sense 2c at that entry).The official German name of the currency was Deutsche Mark (Ost) from its origin in 1948, then from 1964 Mark der deutschen Notenbank (hence the official abbreviation MDN) and from 1968 Mark der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik.
Now historical.
The currency unit (1948–90) of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) as distinguished from the Westmark of West Germany. Cf. Westmark n.Superseded in 1990 by the Deutschmark.
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society > trade and finance > money > standards and values of currencies > [noun] > specific monetary units or units of account > specific German or Austrian
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1948 Times 9 July 5/6 In the Soviet sector [of Berlin],..only the Ostmark, the temporary currency of the Soviet zone, circulates legally.
1948 Times 9 July 5/6 There was no intention that the Deutschemark [sic] should rival the Ostmark as a currency in the western sectors.
1959 Times 18 Feb. 14/4 West German demand for Ostmarks is relatively weak.
1959 Times 18 Feb. 14/5 The ‘real’ value of the Ostmark is about ·50 west mark.
1972 R. W. Last tr. M. Freund From Cold War to Ostpolitik 28 The commandants of the western sectors declared that the Soviet orders relating to the introduction of the Ostmark into Greater Berlin were null and void.
1991 D. Southern & W. Paterson Governing Germany (BNC) 12 He indicated strongly that the Deutschmark and Ostmark would be exchanged at 1:1.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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