German

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   A native or inhabitant of Germany.countable

   • 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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   A member of a Germanic tribe.countablehistoricaluncountable

   • Rome was sacked by Germans and the Western Roman Empire collapsed.
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   A German wine.countableuncountable

   • […] 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) […]
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   A size of type between American and Saxon, 1+¹⁄₂-point type.USdatedrare

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   A Germany-produced car, a “German whip”.Multicultural-London-Englishcountableslang

   • In my German, they calling me a baller (skrr) Got me feeling like Özil
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   A prison warder.UKcountableslang

   • There are some 32 different terms for prison officers, from the humorously affectionate kanga(rhyming slang:kangaroo = screw) and the variants Scooby-Doo and Dr. Who via the mildly confrontational German (as if still the enemy over 50 years
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   Ellipsis of German cockroach.abbreviationalt-ofcountable

syn. Boche · Fritz · Kraut · Jerry · Hun · Teuton

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   An Indo-European (Indo-Germanic) language, primarily spoken in Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein, South Tyrol, Switzerland, Luxembourg, and a small part of Belgium.uncountable

   • Meronyms: Low German (Plattdeutsch), High German
   • German has three genders: masculine, feminine and neuter.
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   A surname.

3. 3

   A male given name from Russian.

4. 4

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

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

1. 1

   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.
2. 2

   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; …
3. 3

   Of, in or relating to the German language.

   • Because the instructions were German, Yves couldn't read them.

syn. Teutonic · Germanic