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Angela Merkel Juli 2010 - 3zu4
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Angela Merkel. Tallinn Digital Summit
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EU2017EE Estonian Presidency
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Angela Merkel (51614156068)
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默克尔

默克爾
Mòkè'ěr
proper noun #64,740

Meanings

  1. 1 Angela Merkel, German CDU politician, Chancellor of Germany 2005-2021

About Angela Merkel

born 1954 · 政治家 politician

Chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021, the first woman in the office, and leader of the Christian Democratic Union from 2000 to 2018.

Also called  安格拉·默克尔、 梅克尔

Examples

HSK 5
默克尔多次访问中国。
Mòkè'ěr duō cì fǎngwèn Zhōngguó.
Merkel visited China many times.
HSK 7-9
默克尔是德国历史上任期最长的女总理。
Mòkè'ěr shì Déguó lìshǐ shàng rènqī zuì cháng de nǚ zǒnglǐ.
Merkel is the longest-serving female chancellor in German history.

Tips

culture
Merkel visited China 12 times as chancellor, more than any other Western leader of her time. In 2021 Chinese state media called her 中国人民的老朋友, 'an old friend of the Chinese people', a set phrase of Chinese diplomacy.
history
Born in Hamburg but raised in East Germany, she holds a doctorate in quantum chemistry. Her habit of resting her hands in a diamond shape, the 'Merkel rhombus', 默克尔菱形 in Chinese, became a political meme.

Stroke Order

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