german

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɜː.mən/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɝ.mən/

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

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:

     The doubtfull wordes whereof they scan and canvas to an fro.
     Which done, Prometheus sonne began by counsell wise and sage
     His cousin germanes fearfulnesse thus gently to asswage:

3. (obsolete) Closely related, akin.
   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “xj”, in Le Morte Darthur, book II:

     After this Merlyn told vnto kynge Arthur of the prophecye / that there shold be a grete batail besyde Salysbury and Mordred his owne sone sholde be ageynste hym / Also he tolde hym that Basdemegus was his cosyn and germayn vnto kynge Vryence

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   • c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]:

     The phrase would bee more Germaine.

   • c. 1605–1608, William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:

     Wert thou a Leopard, thou wert Germane to the Lion.

• germane

german (plural germans)

1. (obsolete) A near relative.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

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

From German (“of Germany”).

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.

• German (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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

german n (genitive singular germans, no plural)

1. germanium (chemical element)

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

1. (pre-2016) alternative form of germanar

Learned borrowing from Latin germānium.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɛr.man/

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• Rhymes: -ɛrman
• Syllabification: ger‧man
• Homophone: German

german m inan

1. germanium (chemical element)
   • 1992, Monografie z dziejów nauki i techniki, volume 150, page 133:

     Odpowiada ona germanowi (Ge) = 72,59. W prawie identyczny sposób Mendelejew wyliczył ciężar […] Liczba 73 jest zbliżona, jak wiemy, do wartości ciężaru atomowego germanu.

     It corresponds to germanium (Ge) = 72.59. In an almost identical way, Mendeleev calculated the weight […] The number 73 is, as we know, close to the value of the atomic weight of germanium.

• german in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• german in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Borrowed from Latin Germānus.

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒerˈman/

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

1. German

• nemțesc

german m (plural germani, feminine equivalent germană)

1. a German person

• neamț

• germană