German

See also: german, germán, and Germán

English

Alternative forms

(abbreviation): Germ.

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).

Not related to german (“closely related”) or germane (from the Latin adjective germānus, through Old French).

Attested since at least 1520. Replaced the older terms Almain and Dutch (from Proto-Germanic *þiudiskaz) in English. Besides cognates of German, Almain, and Dutch, two other categories of words for the Germans in other languages are cognates of Saxon and descendants of Proto-Slavic *němьcь; see those entries for more.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɜː.mən/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɝ.mən/
Audio (US) (file)
Hyphenation: Ger‧man
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)mən

Noun

German (countable and uncountable, plural Germans)

(countable) A native or inhabitant of Germany; a person of German citizenship or nationality.
A member of the Germanic ethnic group which is the most populous ethnic group in Germany; a person of German descent.
(historical) A member of a Germanic tribe.
Synonym: Teuton
Rome was sacked by Germans and the Western Roman Empire collapsed.
A German wine.
- 1858, Eliza Acton, Modern Cookery in All Its Branches: Reduced to a System of Easy Practice, for the Use of Private Families : in a Series of Receipts, which Have Been Strictly Tested, and are Given with the Most Minute Exactness : to which are Added Directions for Carving, Garnishing, and Setting Out the Table, with a Table of Weights and Measures, page 279:
  […] 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.
- 1996, Jim Ainsworth, Passport's Guide to Britain's Best Restaurants:
  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) […]
(uncountable, US printing, rare, dated) A size of type between American and Saxon, 1+¹⁄₂-point type.
(MLE, slang) A Germany-produced car, a “German whip”.
- 2021 May 21, Big Tobz in Big Tobz & Blittz (lyrics), Fumez The Engineer (music), “Plugged In Freestyle”‎, 0:13–0:16:
  In my German, they calling me a baller (skrr)
  Got me feeling like Özil
(Britain, slang) A prison warder
- 1996, Angela Devlin, Prison Patter‎, Waterside Press, →ISBN:
  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 the enemy over 50 years after World War II!) to the outright abuse of shit-parcel.

Synonyms

(member of the German ethnic group): Boche, Fritz, Hun, Jerry, Kraut (slang, offensive)

Hypernyms

European

Translations

native or inhabitant of Germany; person of German citizenship or nationality

Abenaki: Alemôn
Afrikaans: Duitser (af)
Albanian: gjerman (sq) m, gjermane f
Arabic: أَلْمَانِيّ‎ m (ʾalmāniyy), أَلْمَانِيَّة‎ (ar) f (ʾalmāniyya)
Armenian: գերմանացի (hy) (germanacʿi)
Aromanian: ghirman m, ghirmanã f, gherman m, ghermanã f
Asturian: alemán (ast) m, alemana (ast) f
Azerbaijani: alman (az)
Basque: alemaniar (eu), aleman (eu)
Belarusian: не́мец m (njémjec), не́мка f (njémka), не́мцы pl (njémcy)
Bengali: আলমানী (bn) (almanī), এলেমান (bn) (eleman)
Breton: Alaman (br) m
Bulgarian: герма́нец (bg) m (germánec), герма́нка f (germánka), не́мец (bg) m (némec), немки́ня (bg) f (nemkínja)
Catalan: alemany (ca) m, alemanya (ca) f
Cherokee: ᎠᏛᏥ (chr) (advtsi)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 德國人／德国人 (zh) (Déguórén)
Czech: Němec (cs) m, Němka (cs) f
Danish: tysker (da) c, tyskere pl
Dhivehi: އަލްމާނީ‎ (almānī)
Dutch: Duitser (nl) m
Esperanto: germano (eo), germanino (female)
Estonian: sakslane (et)
Faroese: týskari m, týskur m (historically)
Finnish: saksalainen (fi), saksatar (fi) (female)
Fox: Chêmanîha
French: Allemand (fr) m, Allemande (fr) f
Galician: alemán (gl) m, alemá f
Georgian: გერმანელი (germaneli)
German: Deutscher (de) m (der Deutsche), Deutsche (de) f
Greek: Γερμανός (el) m (Germanós), Γερμανίδα (el) f (Germanída)
Hawaiian: Kelemānia
Hebrew: גֶּרְמָנִי‎ (he) m (germaní)
Hindi: जरमन (hi) m (jarman), जर्मन (hi) m (jarman)
Hungarian: német (hu)
Icelandic: Þjóðverji (is) m
Ido: Germano (io), Germaniano (io)
Irish: Gearmánach m
Italian: tedesco (it) m, tedesca (it) f
Japanese: ドイツ人 (ja) (ドイツじん, Doitsujin)
Kazakh: неміс (nemıs)
Korean: 독일 사람 (dogil saram), 독일인(獨逸人) (ko) (dogirin), 도이췰란드 사람 (doichwillandeu saram) (North Korea)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: Almanî
Kven: tyskäläinen
Kyrgyz: немис (nemis)
Latvian: vācietis m, vāciete f, fricis m (pejorative)
Limburgish: pruus (li) m
Lithuanian: vokietis (lt) m, vokietė (lt) f
Louisiana Creole French: alman
Macedonian: Германец m (Germanec), Германка f (Germanka), Немец m (Nemec) (obsolete)
Menominee: a·nema·w
Miami: meelawaatawia
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: герман хүн (german xün)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: tysker (no) m
Nynorsk: tyskar (nn) m
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: нѣмьць m (němĭcĭ)
Ottoman Turkish: آلامان‎ (Alaman)
Pashto: آلماني‎ m or f (ālmaní)
Pawnee: Taacpara (German male; Skiri dialect), Ctaacpara (German female; Skiri dialect)
Persian: آلمانی‎ (fa) (âlmâni)
Polish: Niemiec (pl) m pers, Niemka (pl) f
Portuguese: alemão (pt) m, alemã (pt) f
Romanian: german (ro) m, germancă f, neamț (ro) m, nemțoaică (ro) f
Romansch: Tudestg m, Tudestga f (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran), Tudas-ch m, Tudas-cha f (Puter), Tudais-ch m, Tudais-cha f (Vallader), Germanais m, Germanaisa f (Puter, Vallader)
Russian: не́мец (ru) m (némec), не́мка (ru) f (némka), герма́нец (ru) m (germánec), герма́нка (ru) f (germánka)
Scottish Gaelic: Gearmailteach m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Не́мац m, Није́мац m, Нѐмица f, Њѐмица f
Roman: Némac m, Nijémac (sh) m, Nèmica f, Njèmica f
Sicilian: tudiscu (scn) m, tudisca f
Slovak: Nemec (sk) m, Nemka (sk) f
Slovene: Némec (sl) m, Némka f
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: Nimc m, Nimcowka f
Upper Sorbian: Němc m, Němka f
Spanish: alemán (es) m, alemana (es) f
Swahili: Mjerumani (sw)
Swedish: tysk (sv) c, tyska (sv) c
Tajik: немис (nemis), олмонӣ (tg) (olmonī)
Telugu: జర్మను (jarmanu)
Turkish: Alman (tr)
Turkmen: nemes
Ukrainian: ні́мець (uk) m (nímecʹ), ні́мка f (nímka)
Unami: Chìchëman
Uyghur: نېمىس‎ (nëmis)
Uzbek: nemis (uz)
Welsh: Almaenwr (cy) m
West Frisian: Dútser (fy) c (man), Dútse (fy) c (woman)
Yiddish: דײַטש‎ (yi) m (daytsh)

member of the Germanic ethnic group which is the most populous ethnic group in Germany

Abenaki: Alemôn
Armenian: գերմանացի (hy) (germanacʿi)
Catalan: germànic (ca)
Czech: Germán (cs) m
Finnish: saksalainen (fi), saksatar (fi) (female)
French: Allemand (fr) m, Allemande (fr) f
Galician: xermánico m
Georgian: გერმანელი (germaneli)
German: Deutscher (de) m, Deutsche (de) f
Hebrew: גרמני‎ (he) m (ger'manee)
Irish: Gearmánach m
Navajo: béésh bichʼahii
Norwegian:
Bokmål: tysker (no) m
Nynorsk: tyskar (nn) m
Persian: ژرمن‎ (fa) (žerman)
Polish: Niemiec (pl) m, Niemka (pl) f
Portuguese: germânico (pt) m, germânica (pt) f
Romanian: german (ro) m, germană (ro) f
Romansch: Tudestg m, Tudestga f (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran), Tudas-ch m, Tudas-cha f (Puter), Tudais-ch m, Tudais-cha f (Vallader), Germanais m, Germanaisa f (Puter, Vallader)
Russian: не́мец (ru) m (némec), не́мка (ru) f (némka)
Scottish Gaelic: Gearmailteach m
Sicilian: girmànicu m, girmànica f
Turkish: Alman (tr)
Unami: Chìchëman
Welsh: Almaenwr (cy) m
West Frisian: Dútser (fy) c (man), Dútse (fy) c (woman)
Yiddish: דײַטש‎ (yi) m (daytsh)

member of a Germanic tribe

Armenian: գերման (hy) (german)
Catalan: germànic (ca)
Czech: Germán (cs) m
Dutch: Germaan (nl) m, Germaanse (nl) f
Faroese: germani m
Finnish: germaani (fi)
French: Germain (fr) m, Germaine (fr) f
Galician: xermano m, xermana f
German: Germane (de) m, Germanin (de) f
Greek:
Ancient: Γερμανός m (Germanós)
Icelandic: Germani m
Italian: germano (it) m, germana f
Khmer: អាល្លឺម៉ង់ (km) (aallɨɨmɑŋ)
Latin: Germanicus (la) m, Germanica f
Lithuanian: germanas m, germanė f
Macedonian: Герман m (German), Германка f (Germanka)
Malay: Jermanik
Norwegian:
Bokmål: germaner m
Nynorsk: germanar m
Old French: Aleman
Pashto: المانی‎ m (almânay), المانۍ‎ f (almânëy)
Persian: ژرمن‎ (fa) (žerman)
Polish: Germanin (pl) m, Germanka (pl) f
Portuguese: germano (pt) m, germana (pt) f
Romanian: germanic (ro)
Russian: герма́нец (ru) m (germánec), герма́нка (ru) f (germánka)
Scottish Gaelic: Gearmailteach m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Гѐрма̄н m, Гѐрма̄нка f
Roman: Gèrmān (sh) m, Gèrmānka f
Spanish: germano (es) m, germana (es) f
Turkish: Alman (tr)
West Frisian: Germaan c (man), Germaanse c (woman)

1½-point type

Dutch: achtste cicero
German: Achtelcicero

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Alabama: ^{(please verify)} chaama
Chuvash: ^{(please verify)} Нимӗҫ (Nimĕś)
Dutch: ^{(please verify)} Duitser (nl) m, ^{(please verify)} Duitse (nl) f
Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} Germano
Estonian: ^{(please verify)} sakslane (et) (male or female), ^{(please verify)} sakslanna (female)
Guaraní: ^{(please verify)} Alemaniagua
Hungarian: ^{(please verify)} német (hu)
Ido: ^{(please verify)} Germano (io), ^{(please verify)} Germaniano (io)
Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} orang Jerman
Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} germano (ia) m, ^{(please verify)} germana f
Khmer: ^{(please verify)} អាឡឺម៉ង់ (aaləɨmɑŋ)
Korean: ^{(please verify)} 독일사람 (Dogil-saram)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: ^{(please verify)} elman (ku), ^{(please verify)} elmanî (ku)
Latin: ^{(please verify)} Germanus (la) m, ^{(please verify)} Germana (la) f, ^{(please verify)} theodiscus m
Latvian: ^{(please verify)} vācietis m, ^{(please verify)} vāciete f, (rare) ^{(please verify)} vāci pl
Macedonian: ^{(please verify)} Германец m (Germanec), ^{(please verify)} Германка f (Germanka), ^{(please verify)} Германци pl (Germanci)
Malay: ^{(please verify)} orang Jerman, ^{(please verify)} Jerman (ms)
Maltese: ^{(please verify)} Ġermaniż (mt) m, ^{(please verify)} Ġermaniża f, ^{(please verify)} Tedesk m, ^{(please verify)} Tedeska f
Marathi: ^{(please verify)} जर्मन (jarman)
Norman: ^{(please verify)} Allémand m, ^{(please verify)} Allémande f
Old French: ^{(please verify)} Aleman
Pashto: ^{(please verify)} المانی‎ m (almânay), ^{(please verify)} المانۍ‎ f (almânëy)
Persian: ^{(please verify)} آلمانی‎ (fa) (âlmâni)
Romani: ^{(please verify)} nyamco m, ^{(please verify)} nyamcojka f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ^{(please verify)} Немац m, ^{(please verify)} Нијемац, ^{(please verify)} Немица f, ^{(please verify)} Њемица f
Roman: ^{(please verify)} Nemac m, ^{(please verify)} Nijemac (sh) m, ^{(please verify)} Nemica f, ^{(please verify)} Njemica f
Swedish: ^{(please verify)} tysk (sv) c, ^{(please verify)} tyska (sv) c
Tatar: ^{(please verify)} Алман (Alman)
Thai: ^{(please verify)} คนเยอรมัน (th) (kon yer-rá-man)
Turkish: ^{(please verify)} Alman (tr), ^{(please verify)} Almanyalı
Ukrainian: ^{(please verify)} ні́мець (uk) m (nímecʹ), ^{(please verify)} ні́мка f (nímka), ^{(please verify)} ні́мці pl (nímci)
Vietnamese: ^{(please verify)} người Đức
Volapük: ^{(please verify)} Deutänan (vo)
Yakut: ^{(please verify)} Ниэмэс (Niemes)

Proper noun

German

(uncountable) An Indo-European (Indo-Germanic) language, primarily spoken in Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein, South Tyrol, Switzerland, Luxembourg, and a small part of Belgium.
Synonym: (rare) Deutsch
Meronyms: Low German (Plattdeutsch), High German
German has three genders: masculine, feminine and neuter.
A surname.
A number of townships in the United States, listed under German Township.

Derived terms

Terms derived from German (noun)

Alemannic German
Austrian German
Central German
Colonia Tovar German
High German
Low German
Pennsylvania German
Pennsylvanian German
Silesian German
Standard German
Swiss-German, Swiss German
Upper German
Volga German
Zipser German

Translations

the German language

Abkhaz: агерман (agerman)
Acehnese: ^{(please verify)} Jeureuman
Afrikaans: Duits (af)
Albanian: gjermanisht (sq), gjermanishte (sq) f, gjuha gjermane f
Alemannic German: Deitscha
Amharic: ጀርመን (ǧärmän)
Arabic: الأَلْمَانِيَّة‎ f (al-ʾalmāniyya), اللُّغَة الأَلْمَانِيَّة‎ f (al-luḡa l-ʾalmāniyya), أَلْمَانِيّ‎ m (ʾalmāniyy) (colloquial)
Aragonese: alemán (an)
Armenian: գերմաներեն (hy) (germaneren)
Aromanian: limba ghirmãneascã f, limba ghirmanã f, limba ghermanã f
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܠܫܢܐ ܓܪܡܢܝܐ‎ (lšnā grmniyā)
Asturian: alemán (ast)
Aymara: aliman aru
Azerbaijani: alman dili (az)
Bashkir: герман теле (german tele)
Basque: aleman (eu), alemanera (eu)
Bavarian: Deitsch
Belarusian: няме́цкая мо́ва f (njamjéckaja móva), няме́цкая f (njamjéckaja)
Bengali: ভাষা জার্মান (bhaṣa jarman), জার্মান ভাষা (bn) (Jarman bhasha)
Bikol Central: Alemán
Bishnupriya Manipuri: জার্মান (jārmān)
Breton: alamaneg (br) m
Bulgarian: не́мски (bg) m (némski), не́мски ези́к m (némski ezík)
Burmese: ဂျာမန်စကား (gyamanca.ka:)
Catalan: alemany (ca) m, alt alemany (ca) m
Cebuano: inaleman
Cherokee: ᎠᏛᏥ (chr) (advtsi)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 德語, 德语 (dak¹ jyu⁵), 德文 (dak¹ man²)
Dungan: дыййү (dɨyyü)
Hakka: 德語, 德语 (tet-ngî), 德文 (tet-vùn)
Mandarin: 德語／德语 (zh) (déyǔ), 德文 (zh) (déwén)
Min Dong: 德語, 德语 (dáik-ngṳ̄)
Min Nan: 德語, 德语 (tek-gú / tiak-gír / tek-gí / tiak-gí), 德文 (tiak-bûn / tek-bûn)
Chuvash: нимӗҫ чӗлхи (nimĕś čĕlh̬i)
Cornish: Almaynek m
Corsican: lingua tedesca f
Crimean Tatar: alman tili
Czech: němčina (cs) f
Danish: tysk (da) n
Dhivehi: އަލްމާނީ‎ (almānī)
Dutch: Duits (nl) n
Emilian: tedèsch
Esperanto: germana (eo)
Estonian: saksa
Faroese: týskt (fo) n
Finnish: saksa (fi)
Franco-Provençal: alemand
French: allemand (fr) m
Friulian: todesc, lenghe todescje
Galician: alemán (gl) m
Georgian: გერმანული (ka) (germanuli), გერმანული ენა (ka) (germanuli ena)
German: Deutsch (de) n, deutsche Sprache f
Central Franconian: Dütsch n
Greek: γερμανικά (el) n pl (germaniká)
Greenlandic: tyskisut
Gujarati: જર્મન (gu) (jarman)
Haitian Creole: alman
Hausa: Jamusanci
Hebrew: גרמנית‎ (he) f (germanít)
Hindi: जर्मन (hi) (jarman), जरमन (hi) f (jarman)
Hungarian: német (hu)
Hunsrik: taytx
Icelandic: þýska (is) f
Ido: Germana (io), Germaniana (io)
Ilocano: Aleman
Indonesian: bahasa Jerman
Interlingua: germano (ia)
Irish: Gearmáinis f
Italian: tedesco (it) m
Japanese: ドイツ語 (ja) (ドイツご, Doitsu-go), 独語 (ja) (どくご, Dokugo)
Javanese: Jerman basa
Kabardian: ^{(please verify)} Джэрмэныбзэ (Džermenəbze)
Kannada: ಡಚ್ (kn) (ḍac)
Kazakh: неміс тілі (nemıs tılı), немісше (nemısşe)
Khmer: អាល្លឺម៉ង់ (km) (ʼaalləɨmɑng)
Kongo: kidoitce
Korean: 독일어(獨逸語) (ko) (Dogireo), 독어(獨語) (ko) (Dogeo)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: elmanî (ku)
Kyrgyz: неміс, немисче (ky) (nemisçe)
Ladino: lingua alemana f
Lao: ພາສາເຢຍລະມັນ (lo) (phā sā yīa la man)
Latin: lingua germanica f, lingua theodisca f
Latvian: vācu valoda f, vācu
Ligurian: lengua tedesca f
Limburgish: Pruusj (li) n
Lingala: lialémani
Lithuanian: vokiečių (lt), vokiečių kalba (lt)
Lombard: lengua Tudesca f
Low German:
Dutch Low Saxon: duuts
German Low German: Düütsch (nds) n
Luhya: please add this translation if you can
Luxembourgish: Däitsch (lb) n
Macedonian: германски m (germanski), германски јазик m (germanski jazik)
Malagasy: alema (mg)
Malay: bahasa Jerman, Jerman (ms)
Malayalam: ഭാഷ ജർമൻ (bhāṣa jaṟmaṉ)
Maltese: il-Ġermaniż (mt)
Manx: Germaanish m
Maori: reo Tiamana
Mapudungun: alemaña dungun
Marathi: भाषा जर्मन (bhāṣā jarman)
Mazanderani: آلمانی زبون‎
Moksha: германонь кяль (germanonʹ kjalʹ)
Mongolian: герман хэл (german xel)
Mòcheno: taitsch n
Nahuatl: teutontlahtōlli (nah)
Navajo: Bééshbichʼahii bizaad
Neapolitan: lengua germanese f
Norman: allemaund
Northern Sami: duiskkagiella
Norwegian:
Bokmål: tysk (no) m
Nynorsk: tysk (nn) m
Occitan: alemand (oc) m
Ojibwe: aanimaamowin
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: нѣмьчьскъ ѩꙁꙑкъ m (němĭčĭskŭ językŭ)
Ossetian: немыцаг ӕвзаг (nemycag ævzag)
Ottoman Turkish: نمچه‎ (nemçe)
Pashto: الماني‎ (ps)
Persian: آلمانی‎ (fa) (âlmâni)
Piedmontese: lenga tedësca f
Polish: niemiecki (pl) m inan
Portuguese: alemão (pt) m
Quechua: aliman simi
Romagnol: tedèsch
Romani: nyamcicko m
Romanian: germană (ro) f, nemțește (ro) (adverb), nemțească f (rare), limba germană f
Romansch: tudestg m (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran), tudas-ch m (Puter), tudais-ch m (Vallader), germanais m (Puter, Vallader)
Russian: неме́цкий (ru) (neméckij), неме́цкий язы́к m (neméckij jazýk)
Rwanda-Rundi: ikidage
Samoan: fa'asiamani
Samogitian: vuokītiu kalba
Scots: German
Scottish Gaelic: Gearmailtis f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: немачки m, њемачки m
Roman: nemački (sh) m, njemački (sh) m
Sicilian: tudiscu (scn) m, lingua tudisca f
Silesian: mjymjecko godka f
Sinhalese: ජර්මානු (si) (jarmānu), භාෂාව ජර්මානු (bhāṣāwa jarmānu)
Slovak: nemčina (sk) f
Slovene: némščina (sl) f
Somali: jarmalka, jarmalka
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: nimšćina f, nimska rěc f
Upper Sorbian: němska rěč f
Sotho: se-jeremane
Spanish: alemán (es) m
Sranan Tongo: Doisritongo
Swahili: kijerumani (sw)
Swazi: síJalimáne
Swedish: tyska (sv)
Tagalog: Aleman (tl), Jerman
Tajik: забони олмонӣ (zaboni olmonī), олмонӣ (tg) (olmonī)
Tamil: மொழி ஜெர்மன் (moḻi jermaṉ)
Tatar: алман теле (alman tele)
Telugu: జర్మను (jarmanu)
Tetum: lia-alemaun, lian alemanya
Thai: ภาษาเยอรมัน (th) (paasăa yerráman)
Tibetan: འཇར་མན་སྐད། ('jar man skad)
Tigrinya: ጀርመን (ǧärmän)
Tok Pisin: Siamani tok
Turkish: Almanca (tr)
Turkmen: nemes dili
Ukrainian: німе́цька (uk) f (nimécʹka), німе́цька мо́ва (uk) f (nimécʹka móva)
Urdu: جرمن زبان‎
Uyghur: نېمىسچە‎ (nëmische)
Uzbek: nemischa (uz)
Venetian: łéngoa todésca f, todesco (vec) m
Vietnamese: tiếng Đức (vi)
Volapük: Deutänapük (vo)
Walloon: almand (wa)
Welsh: Almaeneg (cy) f
West Frisian: Dútsk (fy) n, (dated, literary) Tsjutsk n
Xhosa: isiJamani
Yiddish: דײַטש‎ (yi) n (daytsh)
Zazaki: almanki
Zealandic: duuts
Zulu: isiJalimani

Adjective

German (comparative more German, superlative most German or Germanest)

Of or relating to the nation of Germany.
- 2001, Donald L. Niewyk, The Jews in Weimar Germany, →ISBN, page 31:
  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 […] .
Of or relating to the natives or inhabitants of Germany; to people of German descent.
Her German husband has blond hair.
- 2005 May 23, Gavriel D. Rosenfeld, The World Hitler Never Made: Alternate History and the Memory of Nazism‎, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 182:
  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 Michael Salewski in 1999.
- 1889, Theodore S. Fay, The three Germanys: glimpses into their history, vol. II, p. 1270 (inside the index):
  Goths, a German tribe, 9; allied with other tribes against Rome, 39; [...]
Of, in or relating to the German language.
Synonym: (rare) Deutsch
Meronyms: Low German, High German
Because the instructions were German, Yves couldn't read them.
- 1816, George Henry Noehden, A Grammar of the German Language, 3rd edition, page 3:
  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 German (Hoch Deutsch).
- 1838, Joseph Bosworth, A Dictionary of the Anglo-saxon Language, page xiii:
  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.
- 1990, Charles V.J. Russ, Introduction, in: Charles V.J. Russ (ed.), The Dialects of Modern German: A Linguistic Survey, p. xviii (note: the work covers Frisian, Low and High German dialects):
  This volume is intended to provide a survey of the linguistic characteristics of modern German dialects [...]. These are defined geographically as those within the borders of the Federal Republic of Germany, the German Democratic Republic, Austria, the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg, the German-speaking part of Switzerland, and Alsace in France ([..]).

Synonyms

Teutonic

Derived terms

Terms derived from German (adjective)

German Autumn
German Bight
German bit
German carp
German chamomile
German flute
German lute
Germanly
German Ocean
German paste
German Sea
German Shepherd
German vice
German wheat
High German
Pennsylvanian German

Translations

of or relating to the country of Germany

Albanian: gjerman (sq)
Arabic: أَلْمَانِيّ‎ (ʾalmāniyy)
Armenian: գերմանական (hy) (germanakan)
Asturian: alemán (ast)
Azerbaijani: alman (az)
Bashkir: немец (nemets), герман (german)
Basque: alemaniar (eu), aleman (eu)
Belarusian: няме́цкі (njamjécki)
Bengali: আলমানী (bn) (almanī)
Breton: alaman (br)
Bulgarian: герма́нски (bg) (germánski), не́мски (bg) (némski)
Burmese: ဂျာမနီ (gyama.ni)
Catalan: alemany (ca)
Chechen: немцойн (nemcojn)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 德國／德国 (zh) (Déguó), 德 (zh) (dé)
Corsican: tedescu (co)
Czech: německý (cs)
Danish: tysk (da)
Dutch: Duits (nl), Duitse (nl)
Esperanto: germana (eo)
Estonian: saksa
Finnish: saksalainen (fi)
French: allemand (fr)
Galician: alemán (gl)
Georgian: გერმანული (ka) (germanuli), გერმანიის (germaniis)
German: deutsch (de)
Alemannic German: tüütsch
Central Franconian: dütsch
Greek: γερμανικός (el) (germanikós)
Guaraní: Alemaniagua
Hawaiian: Kelemānia
Hebrew: גֶּרְמָנִי‎ (he) (germaní)
Hindi: जरमन (hi) (jarman)
Hungarian: német (hu)
Icelandic: þýskur (is)
Indonesian: Jerman (id)
Interlingua: german
Irish: Gearmánach
Italian: tedesco (it)
Japanese: ドイツの (ja) (Doitsu no), 独 (ja) (どく, Doku)
Kazakh: неміс (nemıs)
Khmer: អាល្លឺម៉ង់ (km) (ʼaalləɨmɑng)
Korean: 독일의 (ko) (Dogir-ui), 도이췰란드의 (ko) (Doichwillandeu-ui) (North Korea)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: elmanî (ku)
Kven: tyskäläinen
Kyrgyz: немис (nemis), немец (nemets)
Lao: ເຢັຽລະມັນ (yīa la man), ເຢຍຣະມັນ (yīa ra man)
Latin: germanicus (la), theodiscus
Latvian: vācu
Lithuanian: vokiškas (lt)
Low German:
German Low German: düüdsch, dütsch (nds), düütsch (nds)
Luxembourgish: däitsch
Macedonian: германски (germanski)
Malay: Jerman (ms)
Maori: tiamana
Mongolian: герман (german)
Mòcheno: taitsch
Navajo: Bééshbichʼahii bi-
Neapolitan: germanése
Norwegian:
Bokmål: tysk (no)
Nynorsk: tysk (nn)
Occitan: alemand (oc)
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: нѣмьчьскъ (němĭčĭskŭ)
Glagolitic: ⱀⱑⰿⱐⱍⱐⱄⰽⱏ (němĭčĭskŭ)
Pashto: المانی‎ (almânay), آلماني‎ (ālmaní)
Persian: آلمانی‎ (fa) (âlmâni)
Plautdietsch: dietsch (nds)
Polish: niemiecki (pl)
Portuguese: alemão (pt), germânico (pt)
Romani: ^{(please verify)} nyamcicko
Romanian: german (ro)
Romansch: tudestg (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran), tudas-ch (Puter), tudais-ch (Vallader), germanais (Puter, Vallader)
Russian: неме́цкий (ru) (neméckij), герма́нский (ru) (germánskij)
Rusyn: нїме́цькый (njimécʹkŷj)
Scottish Gaelic: Gearmailteach
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: нѐмачкӣ, њѐмачкӣ
Roman: nèmačkī (sh), njèmačkī (sh)
Slovak: nemecký (sk)
Slovene: némški (sl)
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: nimski
Spanish: alemán (es)
Swedish: tysk (sv)
Tajik: олмонӣ (tg) (olmonī)
Tatar: алман (alman)
Telugu: జర్మను (jarmanu)
Thai: เยอรมัน (th) (yəə-rá-man)
Turkish: Alman (tr)
Turkmen: nemes
Ukrainian: німе́цький (uk) (nimécʹkyj)
Urdu: جرمن‎ (jarman)
Uyghur: نېمىس‎ (nëmis)
Uzbek: nemis (uz)
Venetian: todésco
Vietnamese: Đức (vi)
Volapük: Deutänik (vo)
Welsh: Almaenig
West Frisian: Dútsk (fy)
Yakut: ниэмэс (niemes)
Yiddish: דײַטשיש‎ (daytshish)
Zhuang: Dwzgoz

of or relating to the German people

Asturian: alemán (ast)
Bengali: আলমানী (bn) (almanī)
Catalan: alemany (ca)
Corsican: tedescu (co) m, tedesca f
Esperanto: germana (eo)
Finnish: saksalainen (fi)
Galician: alemán (gl)
Georgian: გერმანული (ka) (germanuli)
German: deutsch (de)
Central Franconian: dütsch
Greek: γερμανικός (el) (germanikós)
Hawaiian: Kelemānia
Icelandic: þýskur (is)
Irish: Gearmánach
Latvian: vācu
Lithuanian: vokiškas (lt)
Low German:
German Low German: düütsch (nds)
Malay: orang Jerman, Jerman (ms)
Mongolian: герман (german)
Mòcheno: taitsch
Norwegian:
Bokmål: germansk (no)
Nynorsk: germansk
Pashto: المانی‎ (almânay)
Plautdietsch: dietsch (nds)
Portuguese: alemão (pt), germânico (pt)
Romansch: tudestg (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran), tudas-ch (Puter), tudais-ch (Vallader), germanais (Puter, Vallader)
Russian: неме́цкий (ru) (neméckij)
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: nimski
Spanish: alemán (es)
Telugu: జర్మను (jarmanu)
Volapük: (♂♀) Deutänanik, (♂) hi-Deutänanik, (♀) ji-Deutänanik
Welsh: Almaenig
Yiddish: דײַטש‎ (yi) (daytsh)

of or relating to the German language

Arabic: أَلْمَانِيّ‎ (ʾalmāniyy)
Armenian: գերմաներեն (hy) (germaneren)
Asturian: alemán (ast)
Belarusian: няме́цкі (njamjécki)
Bengali: আলমানী (bn) (almani)
Breton: alamanek (br)
Bulgarian: не́мски (bg) (némski)
Catalan: alemany (ca)
Chechen: немцойн (nemcojn)
Corsican: tedescu (co)
Czech: německý (cs)
Finnish: saksankielinen (fi)
Galician: alemán (gl)
Georgian: გერმანული (ka) (germanuli)
German: deutsch (de)
Greek: γερμανικός (el) (germanikós)
Hawaiian: Kelemānia
Hungarian: német (hu)
Icelandic: þýskur (is)
Irish: Gearmáinise
Latvian: vācu
Lithuanian: vokiškas (lt)
Low German:
German Low German: düütsch (nds) (North Low German), düütsk (nds) (Westphalia, Münsterland, Westmünsterland), düüts (Westphalia, Westmünsterland), duitsk (East Westphalia, Sauerland)
Macedonian: германски (germanski)
Malay: bahasa Jerman, Jerman (ms)
Mongolian: герман (german)
Mòcheno: taitsch
Pashto: المانی‎ (almânay)
Plautdietsch: dietsch (nds)
Portuguese: alemão (pt)
Romansch: tudestg (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran), tudas-ch (Puter), tudais-ch (Vallader), germanais (Puter, Vallader)
Russian: неме́цкий (ru) (neméckij)
Scottish Gaelic: Gearmailteach
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: нѐмачкӣ, њѐмачкӣ
Roman: nèmačkī (sh), njèmačkī (sh)
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: nimski
Spanish: alemán (es)
Telugu: జర్మను (jarmanu)
Ukrainian: німе́цький (uk) (nimécʹkyj)
Volapük: Deutänapükik
Welsh: Almaeneg (cy)

Anagrams

Engram, Magner, Manger, engram, manger, ragmen

Basque

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡerman/, [ɡe̞r.mãn]

Proper noun

German anim

a male given name

References

Xarles Bidegain, Izendegia, 1999, Elkarlanean, Donostia, →ISBN, page 190

German

Pronunciation

Audio (file)

Noun

German n (strong, genitive Germans, plural Germane)

(organic chemistry) germane

Declension

Declension of German [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	German	die	Germane
genitive	eines	des	Germans	der	Germane
dative	einem	dem	German	den	Germanen
accusative	ein	das	German	die	Germane

Norman

Proper noun

German m

a male given name

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡěrmaːn/
Hyphenation: Ger‧man

Proper noun

Gèrmān m (Cyrillic spelling Гѐрма̄н)

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

German

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Basque

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German

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Norman

Proper noun

Serbo-Croatian

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