German

名词 n. 形容词 adj. 专有名词
中文释义
英 /ˈd͡ʒɜː.mən/    美 /ˈd͡ʒɝ.mən/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A citizen of the Federal Republic of Germany. countable
  2. A person of a West Germanic ethnic group native to Central Europe, comprising the ethnic majority 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.
  3. A member of a Germanic tribe. countable,historical,uncountable
    — Rome was sacked by Germans and the Western Roman Empire collapsed.
  4. A German wine. countable,uncountable
    — […] 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.
  5. A size of type between American and Saxon, 1+¹⁄₂-point type. US,dated,rare,uncountable
  6. A Germany-produced car, a “German whip”. Multicultural-London-English,countable,slang,uncountable
    — In my German, they calling me a baller (skrr) Got me feeling like Özil
  7. A prison warder. UK,countable,slang,uncountable
    — 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 after World War II!) to the outright abuse of shit-parcel.
形容词 adj.
  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 […].
  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.
  3. Of, in or relating to the German language.
    — Because the instructions were German, Yves couldn't read them.
专有名词
  1. 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
  2. A surname.
  3. A male given name from Russian.
  4. A number of townships in the United States, listed under German Township.
  5. A parish of the sheading of Glenfaba, Isle of Man.

词形变化

Germans plural Germ. alternative,abbreviation Germ. alternative,abbreviation more German comparative most German superlative Germanest superlative Germ. alternative,abbreviation

词汇关系

近义词
Teutonic Germanic
下位词
Rhenish Saar Sorbian
衍生词
Central German German Autumn German bearded iris German Bight German biscuit German bit German brass German carp German chamomile German dualism German flute German fried potatoes German grip German iris German ivy German lute Germanly German madwort German New Guinea German Ocean German pancake German paste German rat German Sea German shepherd German Shorthaired Pointer German Spitz Klein German Spitz Mittel German-style board game German-style game German turnip German wheat German whist German Wirehaired Pointer Gotho-German High German Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation Low German Middle High German National Socialist German Workers' Party New High German non-German Old High German Pennsylvania German Pennsylvanian German Swiss German Swiss-German Upper German Zipser German
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词源

词源 1
From Latin Germānus, Germānī (“the peoples of Germānia”), as distinct from Gauls (in the writings of Caesar and Tacitus), and of uncertain ultimate origin (possibly Celtic/Gaulish).
Not related to german (“closely related”) or germane (from the Latin adjective germānus, through Old French).
Attested since at least 1520. Replaced the older terms Almain and Dutch (from Proto-Germanic *þiudiskaz) in English. Besides cognates of German, Almain, and Dutch, two other categories of words for the Germans in other languages are cognates of Saxon and descendants of Proto-Slavic *němьcь; see those entries for more.
The surname is generally from the noun, though sometimes confused with Herman, Hermann under Russian influence. As a German surname, Americanized from Germann. Compare Germán, Germain, Jerman.
词源 2
From Latin Germānus, Germānī (“the peoples of Germānia”), as distinct from Gauls (in the writings of Caesar and Tacitus), and of uncertain ultimate origin (possibly Celtic/Gaulish).
Not related to german (“closely related”) or germane (from the Latin adjective germānus, through Old French).
Attested since at least 1520. Replaced the older terms Almain and Dutch (from Proto-Germanic *þiudiskaz) in English. Besides cognates of German, Almain, and Dutch, two other categories of words for the Germans in other languages are cognates of Saxon and descendants of Proto-Slavic *němьcь; see those entries for more.
The surname is generally from the noun, though sometimes confused with Herman, Hermann under Russian influence. As a German surname, Americanized from Germann. Compare Germán, Germain, Jerman.
词源 3
From Latin Germānus, Germānī (“the peoples of Germānia”), as distinct from Gauls (in the writings of Caesar and Tacitus), and of uncertain ultimate origin (possibly Celtic/Gaulish).
Not related to german (“closely related”) or germane (from the Latin adjective germānus, through Old French).
Attested since at least 1520. Replaced the older terms Almain and Dutch (from Proto-Germanic *þiudiskaz) in English. Besides cognates of German, Almain, and Dutch, two other categories of words for the Germans in other languages are cognates of Saxon and descendants of Proto-Slavic *němьcь; see those entries for more.
The surname is generally from the noun, though sometimes confused with Herman, Hermann under Russian influence. As a German surname, Americanized from Germann. Compare Germán, Germain, Jerman.
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