German

Adjective

1. Of or relating to the nation of Germany.
   • 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 […]. - 2001, Donald L. Niewyk,...
   • The vote in the Bundestag (parliament) on Thursday makes defiling foreign flags equal to the crime of defiling the German flag. - 2020 May 15, “Burning EU and other flags can now bring German jail term”, in BBC,...
2. Of or relating to the natives or inhabitants of Germany; to people of German descent; to their cultures.
   • Her German husband has blond hair.
   • Goths, a German tribe, 9; allied with other tribes against Rome, 39; … - 1889, Theodore S. Fay, The three Germanys: glimpses into their history, vol. II, p. 1270 (inside the index)
   • 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...

   Hypernyms: European

3. Of, in or relating to the German language.
   • 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...
   • 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. - 1838, Joseph Bosworth, A Dictionary of the Anglo-saxon...

   Synonyms: Deutsch

   Hypernyms: Indo-European

   Meronyms: Low German High German

Proper noun

1. An Indo-European (Indo-Germanic) language, primarily spoken in Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein, South Tyrol, Switzerland, Luxembourg, and a small part of Belgium.
   • Meronyms: Low German (Plattdeutsch), High German
   • German has three genders: masculine, feminine and neuter.
   • One of my German teachers used to joke that it takes you a year to say, “I’m traveling on the bus,” but once you’re on that bus, it’s plain sailing. - 2021 April 25, John Malathronas, “Which languages are easiest – and...

   Synonyms: Deutsch Dutch

2. A surname.
3. A male given name from Russian.
4. A number of townships in the United States, listed under German Township.
5. A parish of the sheading of Glenfaba, Isle of Man.

Noun

1. A citizen of the Federal Republic of Germany.
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. - 2023 February 1, Scottie Andrew, “The...

   Synonyms: Deutscher Boche Fritz Hun Jerry Kraut

3. A member of a Germanic tribe.
   • Rome was sacked by Germans and the Western Roman Empire collapsed.

   Synonyms: Teuton

4. A German wine.
   • […] 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. - 1858,...
   • 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) […] - 1996, Jim Ainsworth, Passport's Guide to Britain's Best...
5. A size of type between American and Saxon, 1+¹⁄₂-point type.
6. A Germany-produced car, a “German whip”.
   • In my German, they calling me a baller (skrr) Got me feeling like Özil - 2021 May 21, “Plugged In Freestyle”, Big Tobz in Big Tobz & Blittz (lyrics), Fumez The Engineer (music), 0:13–0:16:
7. A prison warder.
   • 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...

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