Germanism

Germanism

English

Alternative forms

• germanism

Etymology

German +‎ -ism

Noun

Germanism (countable and uncountable, plural Germanisms)

1. (countable) A word or idiom of the German language (that has been borrowed by another language).
2. (usually uncountable) The culture and customs of the Germanic people (or tribes).

Coordinate terms

• (foreignisms) foreignism; anglicism, Arabism, Gallicism, Germanism / Teutonism, Grecism / Hellenism, Hebraism, Hispanism, Hungarianism / Magyarism, Irishism, Italianism / Italicism, Japanism, Latinism, Polonism, Russianism, Sinicism, Slavism, Turkism, Yiddishism

Translations

a word or idiom of the German language

Catalan: germanisme m Czech: germanismus (cs) m Danish: fortyskning c, germanisme (da) c Dutch: germanisme (nl) m Finnish: saksalaisuus, germanismi French: germanisme (fr) m German: Germanismus (de) m

Hungarian: germanizmus (hu) Italian: germanismo (it) m Polish: germanizm (pl) m Portuguese: germanismo m Russian: германи́зм (ru) m (germanízm) Spanish: germanismo Swedish: germanism (sv) c, tyskeri (sv) n

culture, and customs of Germanic peoples — See also translations at Teutonism

Finnish: saksalaisuus, germanismi

Portuguese: germanismo m