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German
  1. A native or inhabitant of Germany; a person of German citizenship or nationality.
  2. A member of the Germanic ethnic group which is the most populous ethnic group in Germany; a person of German descent.
  3. (historical) A member of a Germanic tribe.
  4. (uncountable, US printing, rare, dated) A size of type between American and Saxon, 1½-point type.
  5. Synonyms:
Germanism
  1. (countable) A word or idiom of the German language (that has been borrowed by another language).
  2. (usually uncountable) The culture and customs of the Germanic people (or tribes).
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “This Germanism appears ready to continue after the War to be the malignant and would-be assassin of other civilizations.”
      “Let us look at the whole matter, both the biology and the Germanism, in the light of freedom from dogma and outraged feeling.”
      “But this was only the commencement of the reign of imbecility and Germanism.”
german
  1. An elaborate round dance, often with a waltz movement.
  2. A social party at which the german is danced.
Germanization
  1. The act of making something have more German characteristics.
  2. The adoption of German customs or culture.
    1. (historical) The policy, in Nazi Germany, of the expansion of the German language and culture.
  3. Examples:
    1. “In the east, German protectorates would be established over Poland and the Baltic provinces that would ensure their continuing Germanization.”
      “In these regions policies of Protestantization combined with those of Germanization in the effort to create a unified Reich.”
      “The capstone to Billow's Polenpolitik was his school language policy, introduced in 1900, which effectively completed the Germanization of schools in the Prussian East.”
Germanist
  1. Person who studies Germanic languages and the associated literatures and general cultures.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Roosevelt the Germanist admired the kaiser's finer Teutonic qualities, as indeed he did those of Bismarck and Helmuth von Moltke.”
      “As to the Conquests, Germanist views have been formulated with great authority by Freeman.”
      “This did not go down well with the American Germanist who in 1938 wrote one of the first reviews of Auf zwei Planeten for an English-speaking audience.”
germanophilia
  1. The love of Germany, the Germans, or German culture.
germanophile
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Germanophile
Germanomania
  1. A passion for Germany, its people, language and culture
Germanophile
  1. Someone who admires Germany or its culture, cuisine, history or people.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Wawro appears almost to be a Germanophile as he fawns over the ingenious political strategies of Prussian Chancellor Bismarck.”
      “During the course of my education, I lived in Germany for several years, and am a committed Germanophile.”
      “His father, a district physician, was a Germanophile who saw to it that his son learned German along with Hebrew, Latin, and Polish.”
Germanicist
  1. One who studies the Germanic languages.
Germanisation
  1. Alternative form of Germanization
  2. Examples:
    1. “After 1911 it had its own constitution and progress was made toward Germanisation in the region.”
      “Ethnic Germans were also sent by her in organised colonisation attempts aiming at Germanisation of conquered Polish areas.”
      “Prussia passed laws to encourage Germanisation of the Prussian Partition including the provinces of Posen and West Prussia in the late 19th century.”
Germanophilia
  1. Alternative form of germanophilia
Germanification
  1. The act or process of making something German.
Germanness
  1. The quality or characteristic of being German
Germanic
Germ
  1. (derogatory) a German person.
  2. Examples:
    1. “And so it has been with the Germ Theory of communicable diseases.”
      “The Shower Cream contain nourishing Camellia, Macadamia and Jojoba Oils combined with extracts of Oat Kernel and Wheat Germ which promote satin soft, supple and healthy skin.”
      “Evening primrose, wheat germ, and rose hip seed oils all make fine additives to this mask.”
german
  1. (obsolete) A near relative.
germanophilias
  1. plural of germanophilia
Germanizations
  1. plural of Germanization
Germanophiles
  1. plural of Germanophile
germanophiles
  1. plural of germanophile
Germanicists
  1. plural of Germanicist
Germanisms
  1. plural of Germanism
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “He spoke excellent English, with the accent of an educated Englishman, although occasional Germanisms would appear in his constructions.”
Germanists
  1. plural of Germanist
Germanics
Germans
  1. plural of German
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “By 24 May, the Germans had captured the port of Boulogne and surrounded Calais.”
      “In 1939, the French anticrop program was directed primarily at the Germans, using potato beetles to destroy a food staple.”
      “In other words, the harsh child rearing to obtain unconditional obedience did not of itself antisocialize many Germans.”
germans
  1. plural of german
  2. Examples:
    1. “In other words, the harsh child rearing to obtain unconditional obedience did not of itself antisocialize many Germans.”
      “In 1939, the French anticrop program was directed primarily at the Germans, using potato beetles to destroy a food staple.”
      “If Eskimos have dozens of words for snow, Germans have as many for bureaucracy.”
Germs
  1. plural of Germ
  2. Examples:
    1. “The author of Guns, Germs, and Steel is out with an adaptation for young people of The Third chimpanzee.”
      “Most students known Diamond from the PBS documentary based on his Pulitzer Prize-winning book Guns, Germs, and Steel.”
      Germs and rot were the last things that they needed right now.”
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