How was German impacted by World War 1?

Prior to World war I German Nobility was weak due to the new capitalism that swept Europe. The Germanic Nobility lost all of their power over the people leading up to the war, so all they really had left was money and land... During the war the German Nobility was given power in the military, and they were given officer places in the army. If captured by the French they were treated like nobility and the Germans did the same to the French that were captured. After the war they didn't have any land left due to the war so, all they had was some money. Then due to the hyper-inflation that followed they lost all of that too. So, that is how World War 1 effected the German Nobility....