Dictionary Definition
German adj
1 of or pertaining to or characteristic of
Germany or its people or language; "German philosophers"; "German
universities"; "German literature"
2 of a more or less German nature; somewhat
German; "Germanic peoples"; "his Germanic nature"; "formidable
volumes Teutonic in their thoroughness" [syn: Germanic, Teutonic]
Noun
1 a person of German nationality
2 the standard German language; developed
historically from West Germanic [syn: High German,
German
language]
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English
Etymology
From Germani, as distinct from Gauls (Caesar, Tacitus).Noun
- An inhabitant of Germany; a person of German descent.
Translations
German person
- Alabama: chaama
- Bosnian: nijemac , nijemica
- Breton: Alaman
- Catalan: alemany alemanya
- Chinese: 德國人, 德国人 (déguórén)
- Czech: Němec, Němka
- Danish: Tysker, Tyskere p
- Dutch: Duitser, Duitse
- Esperanto: Germano
- Estonian: sakslane (male and female), sakslanna (female)
- Finnish: saksalainen
- French: Allemand
- German: Deutscher, Deutsche
- Greek: Γερμανός, Γερμανίδα
- Guaraní: Alemaniagua
- Hebrew: גרמני germani
- Hindi: जर्मन
- Hungarian: német
- Icelandic: Þjóðverji
- Indonesian: orang Jerman
- Interlingua: germano , germana
- Italian: tedesco
- Japanese: ドイツ人 (ドイツじん, doitsujin)
- Korean: 독일사람 (dogil-saram)
- Kurdish: elman, elmanî
- Latin: Germanus, Germana
- Malay: orang Jerman
- Maltese: Ġermaniż, Ġermaniża, Tedesk, Tedeska
- Norwegian: tysker
- Novial: germane, germano
- Persian: آلمانی
- Polish: Niemiec, Niemka
- Portuguese: alemão
- Romani: nyamco , nyamcojka
- Romanian: german, neamţ , germancă, nemţoaică
- Russian: немец , немка
- Serbian: sc=Cyrl, nemac, sc=Cyrl, nijemac
- Slovene: Nemec, Nemka
- Spanish: alemán
- Swedish: tysk, tyska
- Turkish: alman
- West Frisian: Dútser , Dútse
Proper noun
- An Indo-European language, primarily spoken in Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein, South Tyrol and Switzerland and a small part of Belgium.
Synonyms
- sense language High German
Translations
the German language
- Afrikaans: Duits
- Albanian: gjermanishte
- Amharic: ጀርመን (järmän)
- Arabic: ألمانية
- Armenian: գերմաներեն (germaneren)
- Azerbaijani: Alman dili
- Basque: alemanera
- Bosnian: njemački
- Breton: alamaneg
- Bulgarian: немски (nemski)
- Catalan: Alemany
- Chinese: 德語, 德语 (déyǔ)
- Croatian: njemački
- Czech: němčina
- Danish: tysk
- Dutch: Duits
- Esperanto: Germana
- Estonian: saksa
- Faroese: týskt
- Finnish: saksa
- French: allemand
- Galician: alemán
- Georgian: გერმანული (germanuli)
- German: Deutsch, Hochdeutsch
- Greek: γερμανικά (germaniká)
- Greenlandic: Tyskisut
- Hebrew: גרמנית germanit
- Hungarian: német
- Icelandic: Þýska
- Ilocano: Aleman
- Indonesian: bahasa Jerman
- Interlingua: germano
- Irish: Gearmáinis
- Italian: tedesco
- Japanese: ドイツ語 (ドイツご, doitsugo)
- Kannada: ಡಚ್
- Khmer: ()
- Korean: 독일어/獨逸語 (dogireo), 독어/獨語 (dogeo)
- Kurdish: elmanî
- Latin: lingua Germana
- Latvian: vācu
- Lithuanian: vokiečių
- Malagasy: alema
- Malay: bahasa Jerman
- Maltese: il-Ġermaniż
- Norwegian: tysk
- Novial: germanum
- Occitan: alemand
- Ottoman Turkish: nemçe
- Persian: آلمانی
- Polish: niemiecki
- Portuguese: alemão
- Romani: nyamcicko
- Romanian: germană ; nemţeşte (adj)
- Romansh: tudestg
- Russian: немецкий
- Scottish Gaelic: Gearmailtis
- Serbian: sc=Cyrl, nemački, sc=Cyrl, njemački
- Slovak: nemčina
- Slovene: nemščina
- Spanish: alemán
- Swedish: tyska
- Tagalog: Aleman, Jerman
- Thai: (phasa yerman)
- Turkish: almanca
- Ukrainian: німецька
- Vietnamese: tiếng Ðức
- Welsh: Almaeneg
- West Frisian: Dútsk
- Xhosa: isiJamani
- Yiddish: טײַטש (daytsh)
See also
Adjective
- Relating to the country of Germany.
- Relating to the German language.
Synonyms
Translations
Relating to the country of Germany or to the
German language
- Bosnian: njemački
- Breton: alaman, relating to the language : alamanek
- Catalan: alemany
- Czech: německý
- Danish: tysk
- Dutch: Duits, Duitse
- Esperanto: germana
- Finnish: saksalainen
- French: allemand
- German: deutsch
- Greek: γερμανικός
- Guaraní: Alemaniagua
- Hungarian: német
- Icelandic: þýskur
- Indonesian: Jerman
- Interlingua: german
- Italian: tedesco
- Japanese: ドイツの (doitsu)
- Kurdish: elmanî
- Malay: Jerman
- Maori: tiamana
- Neapolitan: germanése
- Norwegian: germansk
- Novial: germani
- Persian: آلمانی
- Polish: niemiecki
- Portuguese: alemão
- Romani: nyamcicko
- Romanian: german
- Russian: немецкий, германский
- Serbian: sc=Cyrl, nemački, sc=Cyrl, njemački
- Slovene: nemški
- Spanish: alemán
- Swedish: tysk
- Turkish: alman
- West Frisian: Dútsk
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Extensive Definition
German(s) may refer to:
- Germany, a country in west-central Europe
- Germans, the ethnic group sharing a common German culture, speaking the German language as a mother tongue and being of German descent
- The German language
- "Germanic" or Germanic peoples, used in some early translations of ancient Roman texts to English to describe the early tribal peoples of northwestern-Europe.
People:
- Anna German, Polish-Russian singer
- Edward German, musical composer
- Lindsey German, English activist
- Mike German, Welsh politician
- German Kim, Kazakhstani professor
- Germán Valdés, Mexican comedian
- Germans (band), a Canadian indie rock band
Places:
- German, New York
- German Flatts, New York
- German Township, Pennsylvania
- Germantown, Tennessee
- German (parish), Isle of Man
- German, Bulgaria, quarter of Sofia
- German (Republic of Macedonia), a village in the Republic of Macedonia
Other:
- German, a character in Lassie (manga)
See also
German in Tosk Albanian: Deutsch
German in Arabic: ألمانية
German in German: Deutsch
German in Spanish: Alemán (desambiguación)
German in French: Deutsch
German in Italian: Tedesco
German in Japanese: ゲルマン
German in Norwegian Nynorsk: Tysk
German in Polish: German
(ujednoznacznienie)
German in Portuguese: Alemão
German in Simple English: German
German in Thai: เยอรมัน
German in Chinese: 德意志