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. Some former East Germans feel that former West Germans do not respect their culture and that East Germans were assimilated into West German culture, rather than the two cultures being united as equals.[13] This term was named German Word of the Year in 1991.[14] Politically speaking, in the German Reunification East Germany was indeed incorporated into West Germany under existing West German law.