That depends, in Germany, the federal republic part is fairly regularly used in news when talking about international affairs, basically using it so they don't have to say Germany as often.

[–] gredo@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Maybe in English it is not used as often. In Germany it is used as just Bundesrepublik in News etc to don't repeat oneself too much or in historic context to differentiate from the German Democratic Republic (where the naming is again ironic, but it's the Democratic party)

[–] bleepbloopbleep@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

It is used in Germany though lol

[–] EchoCT@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

I thought us Americans had egos, but I'm not going to tell people they're referencing their own countries by the wrong name.

[–] DScratch@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes they do.
Source: Am Irish.

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

That's true, though in that case it's to disambiguate from northern ireland or the whole island.

Same deal as the Kingdom of Denmark, you only ever say that to emphasize that you mean greenland as well.