german
//ˈd͡ʒɜː.mən//
Forms
- Plural
- germans
- Comparative
- more german
- Superlative
- most german
Definitions
1.A citizen of the Federal Republic of Germany.
- Do you like German beers?
2.A person of a West Germanic ethnic group native to Central Europe, comprising the ethnic majority of Germany.
- 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.
3.A German wine.
- Do you like German beers?
4.A Germany-produced car, a “German whip”.(slang)
- Do you like German beers?
1.Of or relating to the nation of Germany.
- The vote in the Bundestag (parliament) on Thursday makes defiling foreign flags equal to the crime of defiling the German flag.
- 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 […].
2.Having the same mother and father; a full (brother or sister).
3.Of or relating to the natives or inhabitants of Germany; to people of German descent; to their cultures.
- Her German husband has blond hair.
4.Of, in or relating to the German language.
- Because the instructions were German, Yves couldn't read them.
- 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.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #2221
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
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).