| German |
a. |
Nearly related; closely akin. |
| German |
n. |
A native or one of the people of Germany. |
| German |
n. |
The German language. |
| German |
n. |
A round dance, often with a waltz movement, abounding in capriciosly involved figures. |
| German |
n. |
A social party at which the german is danced. |
| German |
n. |
Of or pertaining to Germany. |
| Germander |
n. |
A plant of the genus Teucrium (esp. Teucrium Chamaedrys or wall germander), mintlike herbs and low shrubs. |
| Germane |
a. |
Literally, near akin; hence, closely allied; appropriate or fitting; relevant. |
| Germanic |
a. |
Pertaining to, or containing, germanium. |
| Germanic |
n. |
Of or pertaining to Germany; as, the Germanic confederacy. |
| Germanic |
n. |
Teutonic. |
| Germanism |
n. |
An idiom of the German language. |
| Germanism |
n. |
A characteristic of the Germans; a characteristic German mode, doctrine, etc.; rationalism. |
| Germanium |
n. |
A rare element, recently discovered (1885), in a silver ore (argyrodite) at Freiberg. It is a brittle, silver-white metal, chemically intermediate between the metals and nonmetals, resembles tin, and is in general identical with the predicted ekasilicon. Symbol Ge. Atomic weight 72.3. |
| Germanization |
n. |
The act of Germanizing. |
| Germanize |
v. t. |
To make German, or like what is distinctively German; as, to Germanize a province, a language, a society. |
| Germanize |
v. i. |
To reason or write after the manner of the Germans. |
| Germanized |
imp. & p. p. |
of Germanize |
| Germanizing |
p. pr. & vb. n. |
of Germanize |
| Germans |
pl. |
of German |
