Germanize
To give a German character to (something).
Verb
- To give a German character to (something).
- to Germanize a province, a language, or a society
- Why should Pennsylvania […] become a Colony of aliens, who will shortly be so numerous as to Germanize us, instead of our Anglifying them, and will never adopt our language or customs, any more than they can acquire our...
- In the preceding centuries the Ashkenazic Synagogue song had been Germanized to a degree that jeopardized not only its distinctive Jewishness but its very existence. - 1929, Abraham Zevi Idelsohn, Jewish Music: Its...
- To adopt German customs or culture.
Origin
Etymology tree English German Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English Germanize From German + -ize.