[3] While some people in Germany may consider these names insulting, others regard them as part of the German culture.
[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12] There is also the name Besserwessi (besser meaning "better") which is a pun on Besserwisser ("know-it-all") and thus indicates a Wessi who feels superior to Ossis.
[13] These people are sometimes called Jammerossis (jammer meaning complaining).This term was named German Word of the Year in 1991.
This solution was taken in order to legally avoid the necessity of creating a new constitution as demanded by the West German "Grundgesetz".
[16] Examples include Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz (born in Osnabrück, former Lord Mayor of Hamburg), Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock (born in Hannover) and AfD politician Alexander Gauland (born in Chemnitz, fled to Marburg, returned to Potsdam after reunification).