German
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: media
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Etymology: From Latin Germānus, Germānī (“the peoples of Germānia”), as distinct from Gauls (in the writings of Caesar and Tacitus), and of uncertain ultimate origin (possibly Celtic/Gaulish).
Not related to german (“closely related”) or germane (from the Latin adjective germānus, through Old French).
Attested since at least 1520. Replaced the older terms Almain and Dutch (from Proto-Germanic *þiudiskaz) in English. Besides cognates of German, Almain, and Dutch, two other categories of words for the Germans in other languages are cognates of Saxon and descendants of Proto-Slavic *němьcь; see those entries for more.
The surname is generally from the noun, though sometimes confused with Herman, Hermann under Russian influence. As a German surname, Americanized from Germann. Compare Germán, Germain, Jerman.
Inflected forms:
form: Germans
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Germ.
pos: noun
tags: alternative
abbreviation
form: more German
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most German
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: Germanest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: Germ.
pos: adj
tags: alternative
abbreviation
Senses:
gloss: A citizen of the Federal Republic of Germany.
pos: noun
tags: countable
gloss: A person of a West Germanic ethnic group native to Central Europe, comprising the ethnic majority of Germany.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: The holiday evolved over centuries as it was observed by different groups, from the Celts to Germans to the Pennsylvania Dutch and eventually, by those in other parts of the US.
gloss: A member of a Germanic tribe.
pos: noun
tags: countable
historical
uncountable
examples: Rome was sacked by Germans and the Western Roman Empire collapsed.
gloss: A German wine.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: […] tie them tightly in a thickly floured cloth, and boil them for three hours and a half. We can recommend this as a remarkably light small rich pudding : it may be served with German, wine, or punch sauce.
The wine list harbours some great bottles, mature clarets and Burgundies as well as a clutch of fine Germans (gold-dust these days in restaurants) […]
gloss: A size of type between American and Saxon, 1+¹⁄₂-point type.
pos: noun
tags: US
dated
rare
uncountable
gloss: A Germany-produced car, a “German whip”.
pos: noun
tags: Multicultural-London-English
countable
slang
uncountable
examples: In my German, they calling me a baller (skrr)
Got me feeling like Özil
gloss: A prison warder.
pos: noun
tags: UK
countable
slang
uncountable
examples: There are some 32 different terms for prison officers, from the humorously affectionate kanga(rhyming slang:kangaroo = screw) and the variants Scooby-Doo and Dr. Who via the mildly confrontational German (as if still the enemy over 50 years after World War II!) to the outright abuse of shit-parcel.
gloss: Of or relating to the nation of Germany.
pos: adj
examples: In Prussia, always the most progressive of the German states during the Weimar years and a stronghold of the two parties, Jews could be found in virtually all administrative departments […].
The vote in the Bundestag (parliament) on Thursday makes defiling foreign flags equal to the crime of defiling the German flag.
gloss: Of or relating to the natives or inhabitants of Germany; to people of German descent; to their cultures.
pos: adj
examples: Her German husband has blond hair.
Goths, a German tribe, 9; allied with other tribes against Rome, 39; …
If Demandt's essay served as a strident example of the German desire for normalcy, a more subtle example was provided by a brief allohistorical depiction of a Nazi victory in World War II written by German historian Michael Salewski in 1999.
gloss: Of, in or relating to the German language.
pos: adj
examples: Because the instructions were German, Yves couldn't read them.
In this manner there existed, about the time of the Reformation, three grand divisions of the German language, viz. the Upper German (Ober Deutsch), the Low German (Nieder Deutsch, or Platt Deutsch), and lastly the High German (Hoch Deutsch).
To trace its progress, it will be necessary to enter into detail, and to examine the German language in its two great divisions, the Low and High German.
This volume is intended to provide a survey of the linguistic characteristics of modern German dialects …. These are defined geographically as those within the borders of the Federal Republic of Germany, the German Democratic Republic, Austria, the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg, the German-speaking part of Switzerland, and Alsace in France ([..]).
Synonyms: Teutonic
Germanic
Related words: St Germans
Wiktionary’s coverage of German terms
Germanic language
Derived words: Central German
German Autumn
German bearded iris
German Bight
German biscuit
German bit
German brass
German carp
German chamomile
German dualism
German flute
German fried potatoes
German grip
German iris
German ivy
German lute
Germanly
German madwort
German New Guinea
German Ocean
German pancake
German paste
German rat
German Sea
German shepherd
German Shorthaired Pointer
German Spitz Klein
German Spitz Mittel
German-style board game
German-style game
German turnip
German wheat
German whist
German Wirehaired Pointer
Gotho-German
High German
Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation
Low German
Middle High German
National Socialist German Workers' Party
New High German
non-German
Old High German
Pennsylvania German
Pennsylvanian German
Swiss German
Swiss-German
Upper German
Zipser German
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: Duits
lang: Albanian
word: gjerman
lang: Arabic
word: أَلْمَانِيّ
roman: ʔalmāniyy
lang: Armenian
word: գերմանական
roman: germanakan
lang: Asturian
word: alemán
lang: Azerbaijani
word: alman
lang: Bashkir
word: немец
roman: nemets
lang: Bashkir
word: герман
roman: german
lang: Basque
word: alemaniar
lang: Basque
word: aleman
lang: Belarusian
word: няме́цкі
roman: njamjécki
lang: Bengali
word: আলমানী
roman: almanī
lang: Breton
word: alaman
lang: Bulgarian
word: герма́нски
roman: germánski
lang: Bulgarian
word: не́мски
roman: némski
lang: Burmese
word: ဂျာမနီ
roman: gyama.ni
lang: Carpathian Rusyn
word: нїме́цькый
roman: njimécʹkŷj
lang: Catalan
word: alemany
lang: Chechen
word: немцойн
roman: nemcojn
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 德國 /德国
roman: Déguó
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 德
roman: dé
lang: Corsican
word: tedescu
lang: Czech
word: německý
lang: Danish
word: tysk
lang: Dutch
word: Duits
lang: Dutch
word: Duitse
lang: Esperanto
word: germana
lang: Estonian
word: saksa
lang: Finnish
word: saksalainen
lang: French
word: allemand
lang: West-Frisian
word: Dútsk
lang: Galician
word: alemán
lang: Georgian
word: გერმანული
roman: germanuli
lang: Georgian
word: გერმანიის
roman: germaniis
lang: German
word: deutsch
lang: German
word: tüütsch
lang: German
word: düütsch
lang: Central Franconian
word: dütsch
lang: Greek
word: γερμανικός
roman: germanikós
lang: Paraguayan Guarani
word: Alemaniagua
lang: Hawaiian
word: Kelemānia
lang: Hebrew
word: גֶּרְמָנִי
roman: germaní
lang: Hindi
word: जरमन
roman: jarman
lang: Hungarian
word: német
lang: Icelandic
word: þýskur
lang: Indonesian
word: Jerman
lang: Interlingua
word: german
lang: Irish
word: Gearmánach
lang: Italian
word: tedesco
lang: Japanese
word: ドイツの
roman: Doitsu no
lang: Japanese
word: 独
roman: Doku
lang: Kazakh
word: неміс
roman: nemıs
lang: Khmer
word: អាល្លឺម៉ង់
roman: ʼaalləɨmɑng
lang: Korean
word: 독일의
roman: Dogir-ui
lang: Korean
word: 도이췰란드의
roman: Doichwillandeu-ui
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: elmanî
lang: Kven
word: tyskäläinen
lang: Kyrgyz
word: немис
roman: nemis
lang: Kyrgyz
word: немец
roman: nemets
lang: Lao
word: ເຢັຽລະມັນ
roman: yīa la man
lang: Lao
word: ເຢຍຣະມັນ
roman: yīa ra man
lang: Latin
word: germanicus
lang: Latin
word: theodiscus
lang: Latvian
word: vācu
lang: Lithuanian
word: vokiškas
lang: Low German
word: düüdsch
lang: Low German
word: dütsch
lang: Low German
word: düütsch
lang: Luxembourgish
word: däitsch
lang: Macedonian
word: германски
roman: germanski
lang: Malay
word: Jerman
lang: Māori
word: tiamana
lang: Mòcheno
word: taitsch
lang: Mongolian
word: герман
roman: german
lang: Navajo
word: Bééshbichʼahii bi-
lang: Neapolitan
word: germanése
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: tysk
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: tysk
lang: Occitan
word: alemand
lang: Church Slavic
word: нѣмьчьскъ
roman: němĭčĭskŭ
lang: Church Slavic
word: ⱀⱑⰿⱐⱍⱐⱄⰽⱏ
roman: němĭčĭskŭ
lang: Pashto
word: المانی
roman: almânay
lang: Pashto
word: آلماني
roman: ālmaní
lang: Persian
word: آلمانی
roman: âlmâni
lang: Plautdietsch
word: dietsch (nds)
lang: Polish
word: niemiecki
lang: Portuguese
word: alemão
lang: Portuguese
word: germânico
lang: Romani
word: nyamcicko
lang: Romanian
word: german
lang: Romansh
word: tudestg
lang: Romansh
word: tudas-ch
lang: Romansh
word: tudais-ch
lang: Romansh
word: germanais
lang: Russian
word: неме́цкий
roman: neméckij
lang: Russian
word: герма́нский
roman: germánskij
lang: Kildin-Sami
word: ерманскэ
roman: jermanske
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: Gearmailteach
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: нѐмачкӣ
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: њѐмачкӣ
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: nèmačkī
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: njèmačkī
lang: Slovak
word: nemecký
lang: Slovene
word: némški
lang: Lower Sorbian
word: nimski
lang: Spanish
word: alemán
lang: Swedish
word: tysk
lang: Tajik
word: олмонӣ
roman: olmoni
lang: Tajik
word: германӣ
roman: germani
lang: Tajik
word: немисӣ
roman: nemisi
lang: Tamil
word: ஜெர்மன்
roman: jermaṉ
lang: Tamil
word: ஜெர்மானிய
roman: jermāṉiya
lang: Tamil
word: இடாய்ச்சு
roman: iṭāyccu
lang: Tatar
word: алман
roman: alman
lang: Telugu
word: జర్మను
roman: jarmanu
lang: Thai
word: เยอรมัน
roman: yəə-rá-man
lang: Turkish
word: Alman
lang: Turkmen
word: nemes
lang: Ukrainian
word: німе́цький
roman: nimécʹkyj
lang: Urdu
word: جرمن
roman: jarman
lang: Urdu
word: المانی
roman: almānī
lang: Uyghur
word: نېمىس
roman: nëmis
lang: Uzbek
word: nemis
lang: Venetan
word: todésco
lang: Vietnamese
word: Đức
lang: Volapük
word: Deutänik
lang: Welsh
word: Almaenig
lang: Welsh
word: Almaenaidd
lang: Yakut
word: ниэмэс
roman: niemes
lang: Yiddish
word: דײַטשיש
roman: daytshish
lang: Zhuang
word: Dwzgoz