| Subject | English | German |
| environ. | Central Asia A geographic region of the Asian continent between the Caspian Sea on the west and China on the east, extending northward into the central region of Russia and southward to the northern borders of Iran and Afghanistan, and comprised of independent former republics of the Soviet Union, including Kazakstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan | Zentralasien |
| econ. | Central Asia | Zentralasien |
| gen. | continental Asia | Kontinentalasien |
| environ. | Eastern Asia A geographic region of the Asian continent bordered by the Pacific Ocean in the east that includes China, Japan, Korea, Macao, Taiwan and Siberia | Ostasien |
| environ. | Eastern Asia | Ostasien |
| gen. | South Asia | Südasien |
| environ. | Southeast Asia A geographic region of continental Asia, south of China, west of the South Pacific Ocean, north of the Indian Ocean, and east of the Bay of Bengal and the Indian subcontinent, including the Indochina Peninsula, the Malay Peninsula and the Indonesian and Philippine Archipelagos, and countries such as Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam | Südostasien |
| environ. | Southern Asia A geographic region of the Asian continent bordered in the north by the countries of Central Asia and in the south by the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal, extending westward into Iran and eastward into China, including Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Burma, Bhutan and Sri Lanka | Südasien |
| environ. | Southern Asia | Südasien |
| environ. | Western Asia A geographic region of Asia that includes Turkey, Iran and other countries of the Middle East and the Arabian peninsula | Westasien |
| environ. | Western Asia | Westasien |