german

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UK /ˈd͡ʒɜː.mən/ US /ˈd͡ʒɝ.mən/

noun 8adj 6name 4

Collocations

ADJ.

able, all, english, english, high, high, low, progressive

She was fluent in both English and German, which made her highly employable.

VERB + GERMAN

am, begin, cannot, cognate, don't, know, learning, served

I don't know German well enough to have a conversation with native speakers.

GERMAN + NOUN

chancellor, city, french, genders, language, plattdeutsch, shepherd, stony

The German chancellor announced new economic policies at the press conference yesterday.

PREP.

after, during, in, with

I studied German in high school and still remember most of the vocabulary.

ADV.

fluently

She speaks German fluently after living in Berlin for five years.

Definitions

noun

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.

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.

A member of a Germanic tribe.

Rome was sacked by Germans and the Western Roman Empire collapsed.

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.

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) […]

A size of type between American and Saxon, 1+¹⁄₂-point type.

name

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.

A surname.

A number of townships in the United States, listed under German Township.

A parish of the sheading of Glenfaba, Isle of Man.

adj

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 […].

The vote in the Bundestag (parliament) on Thursday makes defiling foreign flags equal to the crime of defiling the German flag.

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; …

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 German (Hoch Deutsch).

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Idioms & Phrases

German virgin

A poker hand in Texas hold 'em, consisting of two nine cards.

German goiter

A protruding stomach, especially one supposed to be indicative of excessive consumption of beer.

Brothers Gribble, Berger, Wolf, Shadwill and the writer are still nursing their “beer muscles.” I mean German goitres.

Example Bank

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.

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Rome was sacked by Germans and the Western Roman Empire collapsed.

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Meronyms: Low German (Plattdeutsch), High German

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German has three genders: masculine, feminine and neuter.

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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.

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