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German Meaning & Definition
German Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of German?

[n] the standard German language; developed historically from West Germanic
[n] a native or inhabitant of Germany
[adj] of or pertaining to or characteristic of Germany or its people or language; "German philosophers"; "German universities"; "German literature"
[adj] of a more or less German nature; somewhat German; "Germanic peoples"; "his Germanic nature"; "formidable volumes Teutonic in their thoroughness"

Synonyms | Synonyms for German: German language | Germanic | High German | Teutonic

Related Terms | Find terms related to German:

See Also | Armin | Arminius | Berliner | Boche | Deutschland | East German | European | Federal Republic of Germany | FRG | Germany | Hermann | Hun | Jerry | Kraut | Krauthead | Middle High German | Old High German | Pennsylvania Dutch | Prussian | Teuton | West Germanic | West Germanic language | Yiddish

German In Webster's Dictionary

\Ger"man\, a. [OE. german, germain, F. germain, fr. L. germanus full, own (said of brothers and sisters who have the same parents); akin to germen germ. Cf. {Germ}, {Germane}.] Nearly related; closely akin. Wert thou a leopard, thou wert german to the lion. --Shak. {Brother german}. See {Brother german}. {Cousins german}. See the Note under {Cousin}.
\Ger"man\, n.; pl. {Germans}[L. Germanus, prob. of Celtis origin.] 1. A native or one of the people of Germany. 2. The German language. 3. (a) A round dance, often with a waltz movement, abounding in capriciosly involved figures. (b) A social party at which the german is danced. {High German}, the Teutonic dialect of Upper or Southern Germany, -- comprising Old High German, used from the 8th to the 11th century; Middle H. G., from the 12th to the 15th century; and Modern or New H. G., the language of Luther's Bible version and of modern German literature. The dialects of Central Germany, the basis of the modern literary language, are often called Middle German, and the Southern German dialects Upper German; but High German is also used to cover both groups. {Low German}, the language of Northern Germany and the Netherlands, -- including {Friesic}; {Anglo-Saxon} or {Saxon}; {Old Saxon}; {Dutch} or {Low Dutch}, with its dialect, {Flemish}; and {Plattdeutsch} (called also {Low German}), spoken in many dialects.
\Ger"man\, a. [L. Germanus. See {German}, n.] Of or pertaining to Germany. {German Baptists}. See {Dunker}. {German bit}, a wood-boring tool, having a long elliptical pod and a scew point. {German carp} (Zo["o]l.), the crucian carp. {German millet} (Bot.), a kind of millet ({Setaria Italica}, var.), whose seed is sometimes used for food. {German paste}, a prepared food for caged birds. {German process} (Metal.), the process of reducing copper ore in a blast furnace, after roasting, if necessary. --Raymond. {German sarsaparilla}, a substitute for sarsaparilla extract. {German sausage}, a polony, or gut stuffed with meat partly cooked. {German silver} (Chem.), a silver-white alloy, hard and tough, but malleable and ductile, and quite permanent in the air. It contains nickel, copper, and zinc in varying proportions, and was originally made from old copper slag at Henneberg. A small amount of iron is sometimes added to make it whiter and harder. It is essentially identical with the Chinese alloy {packfong}. It was formerly much used for tableware, knife handles, frames, cases, bearings of machinery, etc., but is now largely superseded by other white alloys. {German steel} (Metal.), a metal made from bog iron ore in a forge, with charcoal for fuel. {German text} (Typog.), a character resembling modern German type, used in English printing for ornamental headings, etc., as in the words, Note: This line is German Text. {German tinder}. See {Amadou}.

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