different between germany vs german

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d????.m?n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?d???.m?n/

Etymology 1

From Old French germain, from Latin germ?nus. See also germane, a formal variant which has survived in specific senses. Not related to the proper noun German.

Adjective

german (comparative more german, superlative most german)

1. (obsolete except in set terms) Having the same mother and father; a full (brother or sister).

   brother-german

2. (obsolete except in set terms) Being born to one’s blood aunt or uncle, a first (cousin).

   cousin-german

   • 1567 Arthur Golding trans., Ovid's Metamorphoses, Book 1, lines 460-2:

3. (obsolete) Closely related, akin.
   • 1602, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, V.2:

     The phrase would bee more Germaine.

   • c. 1605-1608, William Shakespeare, Timon of Athens

     Wert thou a leopard, thou wert german to the lion.

Translations

Noun

german (plural germans)

1. (obsolete) A near relative.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.viii:

     Which when his german saw, the stony feare / Ran to his hart, and all his sence dismayd […]

Translations

Etymology 2

From German (“of Germany”).

Noun

german (plural germans)

1. An elaborate round dance, often with a waltz movement.
   • 1985, Betty Casey, Dance Across Texas (page 49)

     Through the years, though, the german was replaced by new and more popular dances, but in many instances the name stayed on.

2. A social party at which the german is danced.

Further reading

• German (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Engram, Magner, Manger, engram, manger, ragmen

Icelandic

Noun

german n (genitive singular germans, no plural)

1. germanium (chemical element)

Declension

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

german m (definite singular germanen, indefinite plural germanar, definite plural germanane)

1. form removed by a 2016 spelling decision; superseded by germanar

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???r.man/

Noun

german m inan

1. germanium, a chemical element

Declension

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Germ?nus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??er?man/

Adjective

german m or n (feminine singular german?, masculine plural germani, feminine and neuter plural germane)

1. German

Declension

Synonyms

• nem?esc

Noun

german m (plural germani, feminine equivalent german?)

1. a German person

Synonyms

• neam?

Related terms

• german?