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German Definition

German

See also german, and Germán

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English

German edition of Wiktionary Wikipedia has articles on: German

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Latin germani (“the peoples of Germania”), as distinct from Gauls (Caesar, Tacitus).

Noun

German (plural Germans)

  1. An inhabitant of Germany; a person of German descent.
  2. A member of a Germanic tribe.
    Rome was sacked by Germans and the Western Roman Empire collapsed.

Synonyms

Proper noun

German

  1. An Indo-European (Indo-Germanic) language, primarily spoken in Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein, South Tyrol, Switzerland, Luxembourg, and a small part of Belgium.
    German has three genders: masculine, feminine and neuter.

Synonyms

Translations

the German language
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  • Emiliano-Romagnolo: tedèsch
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܠܫܢܐ ܓܪܡܢܝܐ
  • Bashkir: герман теле
  • Bengali: জার্মান ভাষা (bn)
  • Bishnupriya Manipuri: জার্মান ঠার
  • Chuvash: нимĕç чĕлхи
  • Corsican: lingua tedesca (co)
  • Crimean Tatar: alman tili
  • Friulian: lenghe todescje
  • Low German: düütsche Spraak (nds)
  • Pennsylvania German: modern Hochdeitsch
  • Javanese: basa Jerman (jv)
  • Kölsch: Dütsche Sprooch
  • Ladino: lingua alemana
  • Ligurian: lengua tedesca
  • Lombard: lengua Tudesca
  • Malayalam: ജര്‍മന്‍ ഭാഷ (ml)
  • Maori: reo Tiamana (mi)
  • Marathi: जर्मन भाषा (mr)
  • Mazanderani: آلمانی زبون
  • Moksha: германонь кяль
  • Neapolitan: lengua germanese
  • Ossetian: немыцаг æвзаг
  • Piedmontese: lenga tedësca
  • Samogitian: vuokītiu kalba
  • Sicilian: lingua tudisca (scn)
  • Silesian: mjymjecko godka
  • Tamil: ஜெர்மன் மொழி (ta)
  • Turkmen: nemes dili (tk)
  • Venetian: łéngoa todésca

See also

Adjective

German (comparative more German, superlative most German)

  1. Of or relating to the country of Germany.
    He is half German, half American.
  2. Of or relating to the natives or inhabitants of Germany; to people of German descent.
  3. Of or relating to the German language.
    We take German classes twice a week.

Synonyms

Translations

of or relating to the country of Germany
of or relating to the German people
  • Portuguese: alemão (pt)
  • Spanish: alemán (es)
  • Volapük: (male or female) Deutänanik (vo), (male) hi-Deutänanik (vo), (female) ji-Deutänanik (vo)
  • Yiddish: דײַטש (yi) (daytsh) m.
of or relating to the German language

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Pronunciation

Proper noun

Gèrmān m. (Cyrillic spelling Гѐрма̄н)

  1. German (member of a Germanic tribe)

Declension

declension of German
singular plural
nominative German Germani
genitive Germana Germana
dative Germanu Germanima
accusative Germana Germane
vocative Germane Germani
locative Germanu Germanima
instrumental Germanom Germanima

 

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