# germanium
## English
### Etymology

From Latin Germānia (“Germany”) + -ium.

### Pronunciation

* (US) enPR: jûrmā'nēəm, IPA: /d͡ʒɚˈmeɪni.əm/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -eɪniəm

### Noun

germanium (countable and uncountable, plural germaniums)
* A nonmetallic chemical element (symbol Ge) with an atomic number of 32: a lustrous, hard-brittle, grayish-white metalloid in the carbon group.
** 1959 March, “Talking of Trains: New B.R. locomotive orders”, in Trains Illustrated, page 118:This equipment, which includes transformers, germanium rectifiers and smoothing apparatus, has been designed to allow the existing electric multiple-unit traction motors to operate on rectified alternating current.
** 1970, James W[alter] Mayer, Lennart Eriksson, John A[rthur] Davies, “General Features of Ion Implantation”, in Ion Implantation in Semiconductors: Silicon and Germanium, New York, N.Y.: Academic Press, →OCLC, page 5:The isolated disordered regions and the amorphous layer have widely different anneal behavior. In the case of germanium and silicon, the isolated disordered regions anneal at moderate temperatures of approximately 200° and 300° C, respectively. The amorphous layers also anneal in a characteristic fashion, but at appreciably higher temperatures, i.e., at approximately 600° C in silicon and 400° C in germanium.
* (countable) An atom of this element.

#### Derived terms

* digermanium
* germanate
* germane
* germanene
* germanian
* germanic
* germanide
* germaniferous
* germanite
* germanium antimony telluride
* germanium dioxide
* germanium diselenide
* germanium hydride
* germanium tetrachloride
* germanium tetrahydride
* germanone
* germanous
* nongermanium
* organogermanium
* radiogermanium
* silicon-germanium
* silicon germanium
* tetraethylgermanium

#### Related terms

* germane
* germanomethane
* monogermane

#### Translations
### See also

* argyrodite
* ekasilicon

## Afrikaans
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

germanium (uncountable)
* germanium

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɡɛrmaːnɪjum]

### Noun

germanium n
* germanium (nonmetallic chemical element with an atomic number of 32)

#### Declension
## Danish
### Etymology

From Latin Germania +‎ -ium.

### Noun

germanium n (singular definite germaniummet, not used in plural form)
* germanium
** 2006, Bogen Om Grundstofferne, Gyldendal Uddannelse, →ISBN, page 74:Germanium er en såkaldt halvleder.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 1886, Tidsskrift for physik og chemi samt disse videnskabers anvendelse:Nærmere Undersøgelser have imidlertid viist, at Germanium er tetravalent, ...(please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 2004, IT-ord 2005, Libris Media A/S, →ISBN, page 64:Silicium og germanium er de to vigtigste halvledende materialer.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Declension
### References

* “germanium” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Germanium.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌɣɛrˈmaː.ni.ʏm/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: ger‧ma‧ni‧um
* Rhymes: -aːniʏm

### Noun

germanium n (uncountable)
* germanium (chemical element) [from 1886]

## Finnish
### Etymology

Internationalism (see English germanium).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡermɑnium/, [ˈɡe̞rmɑ̝ˌnium]
* Rhymes: -ium
* Hyphenation: ger‧ma‧ni‧um

### Noun

germanium
* germanium

#### Declension

Possessive forms of germanium (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
germaniumini
germaniumini
accusative
nom.
germaniumini
germaniumini
gen.
germaniumini
genitive
germaniumini
germaniumieni
partitive
germaniumiani
germaniumejani
inessive
germaniumissani
germaniumeissani
elative
germaniumistani
germaniumeistani
illative
germaniumiini
germaniumeihini
adessive
germaniumillani
germaniumeillani
ablative
germaniumiltani
germaniumeiltani
allative
germaniumilleni
germaniumeilleni
essive
germaniuminani
germaniumeinani
translative
germaniumikseni
germaniumeikseni
abessive
germaniumittani
germaniumeittani
instructive
comitative
—germaniumeineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
germaniumisi
germaniumisi
accusative
nom.
germaniumisi
germaniumisi
gen.
germaniumisi
genitive
germaniumisi
germaniumiesi
partitive
germaniumiasi
germaniumejasi
inessive
germaniumissasi
germaniumeissasi
elative
germaniumistasi
germaniumeistasi
illative
germaniumiisi
germaniumeihisi
adessive
germaniumillasi
germaniumeillasi
ablative
germaniumiltasi
germaniumeiltasi
allative
germaniumillesi
germaniumeillesi
essive
germaniuminasi
germaniumeinasi
translative
germaniumiksesi
germaniumeiksesi
abessive
germaniumittasi
germaniumeittasi
instructive
comitative
—germaniumeinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
germaniumimme
germaniumimme
accusative
nom.
germaniumimme
germaniumimme
gen.
germaniumimme
genitive
germaniumimme
germaniumiemme
partitive
germaniumiamme
germaniumejamme
inessive
germaniumissamme
germaniumeissamme
elative
germaniumistamme
germaniumeistamme
illative
germaniumiimme
germaniumeihimme
adessive
germaniumillamme
germaniumeillamme
ablative
germaniumiltamme
germaniumeiltamme
allative
germaniumillemme
germaniumeillemme
essive
germaniuminamme
germaniumeinamme
translative
germaniumiksemme
germaniumeiksemme
abessive
germaniumittamme
germaniumeittamme
instructive
comitative
—germaniumeinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
germaniuminne
germaniuminne
accusative
nom.
germaniuminne
germaniuminne
gen.
germaniuminne
genitive
germaniuminne
germaniumienne
partitive
germaniumianne
germaniumejanne
inessive
germaniumissanne
germaniumeissanne
elative
germaniumistanne
germaniumeistanne
illative
germaniumiinne
germaniumeihinne
adessive
germaniumillanne
germaniumeillanne
ablative
germaniumiltanne
germaniumeiltanne
allative
germaniumillenne
germaniumeillenne
essive
germaniuminanne
germaniumeinanne
translative
germaniumiksenne
germaniumeiksenne
abessive
germaniumittanne
germaniumeittanne
instructive
comitative
—germaniumeinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
germaniuminsa
germaniuminsa
accusative
nom.
germaniuminsa
germaniuminsa
gen.
germaniuminsa
genitive
germaniuminsa
germaniumiensa
partitive
germaniumiaan germaniumiansa
germaniumejaan germaniumejansa
inessive
germaniumissaan germaniumissansa
germaniumeissaan germaniumeissansa
elative
germaniumistaan germaniumistansa
germaniumeistaan germaniumeistansa
illative
germaniumiinsa
germaniumeihinsa
adessive
germaniumillaan germaniumillansa
germaniumeillaan germaniumeillansa
ablative
germaniumiltaan germaniumiltansa
germaniumeiltaan germaniumeiltansa
allative
germaniumilleen germaniumillensa
germaniumeilleen germaniumeillensa
essive
germaniuminaan germaniuminansa
germaniumeinaan germaniumeinansa
translative
germaniumikseen germaniumiksensa
germaniumeikseen germaniumeiksensa
abessive
germaniumittaan germaniumittansa
germaniumeittaan germaniumeittansa
instructive
comitative
—germaniumeineen germaniumeinensa :

#### Derived terms

* germaniumtetrahydridi

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʒɛʁ.ma.njɔm/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

germanium m (uncountable)
* germanium

### Further reading

* “germanium”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ɡerˈmaː.ni.um/, [ɡɛrˈmäːniʊ̃ˑ]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /d͡ʒerˈma.ni.um/, [d͡ʒerˈmäːnium]

### Noun

germānium n (genitive germāniī); second declension
* germanium

#### Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

### References

* germanium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co. (ambiguous) eastern, western Germany: Germania quae or Germaniae ea pars quae, ad orientem, occidentem vergit

## Limburgish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ʝɛʁˈmaː˨ɲɔ˧m]

### Noun

germanium n
* (uncountable) germanium
* A part of germanium

## Malay
### Etymology

From English germanium, from Latin Germānia + -ium.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɡə(r)maniom], [ɡə(r)maniəm], [d͡ʒə(r)maniəm]
* Rhymes: -iom, -jom, -om

### Noun

germanium
* germanium (chemical element)

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /jɛrˈmɑːnɪɵm/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

germanium n (uncountable)
* germanium

#### Declension
### References

* germanium in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* germanium in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* Svensk MeSH