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Germanism

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A word or idiom of the German language (that has been borrowed by another language).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, rhetoric

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noun

Meaning 2

The culture and customs of the Germanic people (or tribes).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

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noun

Meaning 3

a custom that is peculiar to Germany or its citizens

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: custom, usage, usance

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English German Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English Germanism From German + -ism.

Across languages

Translations

24 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: germanisme — a word or idiom of the German language
  • Czech: germanismus — a word or idiom of the German language
  • Danish: fortyskning — a word or idiom of the German language
  • Danish: germanisme — a word or idiom of the German language
  • Dutch: germanisme — a word or idiom of the German language
  • Finnish: saksalaisuus — a word or idiom of the German language
  • Finnish: germanismi — a word or idiom of the German language
  • French: germanisme — a word or idiom of the German language
  • Galician: xermanismo — a word or idiom of the German language
  • Georgian: გერმანიზმი (germanizmi) — a word or idiom of the German language
  • German: Germanismus — a word or idiom of the German language
  • Hungarian: germanizmus — a word or idiom of the German language
  • Italian: germanismo — a word or idiom of the German language
  • Italian: germanesimo — a word or idiom of the German language
  • Polish: germanizm — a word or idiom of the German language
  • Portuguese: germanismo — a word or idiom of the German language
  • Romanian: germanism — a word or idiom of the German language
  • Russian: германи́зм (germanízm) — a word or idiom of the German language
  • Spanish: germanismo — a word or idiom of the German language
  • Swedish: germanism — a word or idiom of the German language
  • Swedish: tyskeri — a word or idiom of the German language
  • Finnish: saksalaisuus — culture, and customs of Germanic peoples — see also Teutonism
  • Finnish: germanismi — culture, and customs of Germanic peoples — see also Teutonism
  • Portuguese: germanismo — culture, and customs of Germanic peoples — see also Teutonism