German

Definition from Wiktionary, a free dictionary

Jump to: navigation, search

German edition of Wiktionary

See also german, and Germán

English

Wikipedia has articles on:

German

Wikipedia

Most common English words: waiting « political « reading « #775: German » seven » notice » week

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA: /ˈdʒ͡ɜːmən/, SAMPA: /"dZ3:m@n/
(US) IPA: /ˈdʒ͡ɝmən/, SAMPA: /"dZ3`m@n/
Audio (US)^{help, file}
Rhymes: -ɜː(r)mən

Etymology

From Latin germani (“‘the peoples of Germania’”), as distinct from Gauls (Caesar, Tacitus).

Noun

Singular
German

Plural
Germans

German (plural Germans)

An inhabitant of Germany; a person of German descent.
A member of a Germanic tribe.

The Ancient Rome fought the Germans and was ultimately defeated.

Synonyms

(person): Teuton

Translations

German person

Alabama: chaama
Armenian: գերմանացի hy(hy) (germanac'i)
Bosnian: Nijemac bs(bs) m., Njemica bs(bs) f.
Breton: Alaman m.
Bulgarian: германец bg(bg) m., германка bg(bg) f., германци bg(bg) pl., немец bg(bg) m., немка bg(bg) f., немци bg(bg) pl.
Catalan: alemany m. alemanya f.
Chinese: 德國人, 德国人 (déguórén)
Croatian: Nijémac hr(hr) m., Njèmica hr(hr) f.
Czech: Němec cs(cs) m., Němka cs(cs) f.
Danish: Tysker, Tyskere pl.
Dutch: Duitser nl(nl) m., Duitse nl(nl) f.
Esperanto: Germano eo(eo)
Estonian: sakslane (male and female), sakslanna (female)
Finnish: saksalainen fi(fi)
French: Allemand fr(fr) m.
German: Deutscher de(de) m., Deutsche de(de) f.
Greek: Γερμανός el(el) m., Γερμανίδα el(el) f.
Guaraní: Alemaniagua
Hebrew: גרמני germani
Hindi: जर्मन hi(hi)
Hungarian: német hu(hu)
Icelandic: Þjóðverji is(is) m.
Indonesian: orang Jerman
Interlingua: germano m., germana f.

Italian: tedesco it(it) m.
Japanese: ドイツ人 (ドイツじん, doitsujin)
Khmer: អាឡឺម៉ង់ (āleumong)
Korean: 독일사람 (dogil-saram)
Kurdish: elman ku(ku), elmanî ku(ku)
Latin: Germanus la(la) m., Germana la(la) f.
Macedonian: Германец mk(mk) (Gérmanec) m., Германка mk(mk) (Gérmanka) f.
Malay: orang Jerman
Maltese: Ġermaniż mt(mt) m., Ġermaniża mt(mt) f., Tedesk mt(mt) m., Tedeska mt(mt) f.
Norwegian: tysker no(no)
Novial: germane, germano m.
Persian: آلمانی fa(fa) (almani)
Polish: Niemiec pl(pl) m., Niemka pl(pl) f.
Portuguese: alemão pt(pt) m.
Romani: nyamco m., nyamcojka f.
Romanian: german, neamţ m., germancă, nemţoaică f.
Russian: немец ru(ru) m., немка ru(ru) f.
Scottish Gaelic: Gearmailteach gd(gd) m.
Serbian: Немац sr(sr) m., nemac sr(sr) m.
Slovene: Nemec sl(sl) m., Nemka sl(sl) f.
Spanish: alemán es(es) m.
Swedish: tysk sv(sv) c., tyska sv(sv) c.
Turkish: alman tr(tr)
West Frisian: Dútser m., Dútse f.

member of a Germanic tribe

Croatian: Gèrmān hr(hr) m., Gèrmānka hr(hr) f.
Czech: Germán cs(cs) m.
Finnish: germaani fi(fi)

German: Germane de(de) m., Germanin de(de) f.
Macedonian: Герман mk(mk) (Gérman) m., Германка mk(mk) (Gérmanka) f.
Spanish: germano es(es) m., germana es(es) f.

Proper noun

Singular
German

Plural
-

German

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

Synonyms

(language): High German

Translations

the German language

Afrikaans: Duits af(af)
Albanian: gjermanishte sq(sq)
Alemannic: Deitscha als(als)
Amharic: ጀርመን am(am) (järmän)
Arabic: ألمانية ar(ar) (’almaníya) f.
Aragonese: alemán an(an)
Armenian: գերմաներեն hy(hy) (germaneren)
Asturian: alemán ast(ast)
Aymara: aliman aru ay(ay)
Basque: alemana eu(eu), alemanera eu(eu)
Bavarian: Deitsch
Bikol Central: Alemán
Bosnian: njemački bs(bs) m.
Breton: alamaneg br(br) m.
Bulgarian: немски bg(bg) (nemski)
Catalan: alemany ca(ca), alt alemany ca(ca) m.
Cebuano: inaleman
Cherokee: ᎠᏛᏥ chr(chr)
Chinese:

Classical: [[德語#Template:lang:zh-classic|德語]]

Hakka: tet-vùn

Mandarin: 德语 cmn(cmn) (déyǔ)

Min Dong: Dáik-ngṳ̄

Min Nan: tek-gí nan(nan)
Cornish: almaynek kw(kw)
Croatian: njèmāčkī jèzik hr(hr) m.
Czech: němčina cs(cs) f.
Danish: tysk da(da)
Dhivehi: އަލްމާނީ dv(dv)
Dutch: Duits nl(nl) n.
Dutch Low Saxon: duuts
Esperanto: Germana eo(eo)
Estonian: saksa et(et)
Faroese: týskt fo(fo)
Finnish: saksa fi(fi)
Franco-Provençal: alemand
French: allemand fr(fr) m.
Galician: alemán gl(gl)
Georgian: გერმანული ka(ka) (germanuli)
German: Deutsch de(de) n., Hochdeutsch de(de) n.
Greek: γερμανικά el(el) (germaniká) n. pl.
Greenlandic: Tyskisut kl(kl)
Gujarati: જર્મન gu(gu)
Haitian Creole: alman
Hebrew: גרמנית he(he) (germanit)
Hindi: जर्मन hi(hi)
Hungarian: német hu(hu)
Icelandic: þýska is(is)
Ido: germaniana io(io), germana io(io)
Ilocano: Aleman
Indonesian: bahasa Jerman id(id)
Interlingua: germano ia(ia)
Interlingue: german ie(ie)
Irish: Gearmáinis ga(ga)
Italian: tedesco it(it) m.
Japanese: ドイツ語 ja(ja) (ドイツご, doitsugo)
Kannada: ಡಚ್ kn(kn)
Kazakh: неміс kk(kk)
Khmer: ភាសាអាឡឺម៉ង់ (pʰīăsā āleumong)
Kinyarwanda: ikidage rw(rw)
Kongo: kidoitce
Korean: 독일어 ko(ko) (獨逸語 dogireo), 독어 ko(ko) (獨語 dogeo)

Kurdish: elmanî ku(ku)
Latin: lingua Germana la(la)
Limburgish: duits li(li)
Lingala: lialémani ln(ln)
Lithuanian: vokiečių lt(lt), vokiečių kalba lt(lt)
Lojban: dotybau jbo(jbo)
Lower Sorbian: nimšćina
Luxembourgish: Däitsch lb(lb)
Macedonian: германски mk(mk) (gérmanski) m.
Malagasy: alema mg(mg)
Malay: bahasa Jerman ms(ms)
Maltese: il-Ġermaniż
Manx: germaanish gv(gv)
Nahuatl: teutontlahtōlli nah(nah)
Navajo: Bééshbichʼahii bizaad
Norman: allemaund
Northern Sami: duiskkagiella
Norwegian: tysk no(no)

Norwegian Nynorsk: tysk nn(nn)
Novial: germanum
Occitan: alemand oc(oc) m.
Old Church Slavonic: нѣ́мьчьскъ ѩꙁꙑ́къ
Old English: Þēodisce ang(ang)
Ottoman Turkish: nemçe
Pashto: الماني ps(ps)
Persian: آلمانی fa(fa) (almani)
Polish: niemiecki pl(pl) m., język niemiecki pl(pl)
Portuguese: alemão pt(pt) m.
Quechua: aliman simi qu(qu)
Romani: nyamcicko m.
Romanian: germană ro(ro) f., nemţeşte ro(ro) (adj)
Romansch: tudestg rm(rm)
Russian: немецкий ru(ru) (nemétskij), немецкий язык ru(ru)
Samoan: fa'asiamani sm(sm)
Scottish Gaelic: Gearmailtis gd(gd) f.
Serbian: немачки sr(sr) m., nemački sr(sr) m., њемачки sr(sr) m., njemački sr(sr) m.
Sinhalese: ජර්මානු si(si)
Slovak: nemčina sk(sk)
Slovene: nemščina sl(sl)
Sotho: se-jeremane st(st)
Spanish: alemán es(es) m.
Swahili: kijerumani sw(sw)
Swati: síJalimáne ss(ss)
Swedish: tyska sv(sv)
Tagalog: Aleman tl(tl), Jerman tl(tl)
Tetum: lia-alemaun
Thai: ภาษาเยอรมัน th(th) (phasa yerman)
Tok Pisin: tok Siamani tpi(tpi)
Turkish: almanca tr(tr)
Ukrainian: німецька uk(uk) (nimetska), німецька мова uk(uk)
Upper Sorbian: němska rěč hsb(hsb)
Urdu: جرمن زبان ur(ur)
Vietnamese: tiếng Đức vi(vi)
Walloon: almand wa(wa)
Welsh: Almaeneg cy(cy)
West Frisian: Dútsk fy(fy) n.
Xhosa: isiJamani xh(xh)
Yiddish: דײַטש yi(yi) (daytsh) n.
Zazaki: almanki
Zealandic: duuts
Zulu: isiJalimani zu(zu)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.

Translations to be checked

Emiliano-Romagnolo: tedèsch
Azeri: Alman dili az(az)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܠܫܢܐ ܓܪܡܢܝܐ
Bashkir: герман теле ba(ba)
Belarusian: нямецкая be(be)
Bengali: জার্মান ভাষা bn(bn)
Bishnupriya Manipuri: জার্মান ঠার
Chuvash: нимĕç чĕлхи
Corsican: lingua tedesca co(co)
Crimean Tatar: alman tili
Friulian: lenghe todescje
German:Low: düütsche Spraak nds(nds)
German:Pennsylvania: modern Hochdeitsch
Javanese: basa Jerman jv(jv)
Kölsch: Dütsche Sprooch
Ladino: lingua alemana
Ligurian: lengua tedesca

Adjective

German (comparative more German, superlative most German)

Positive
German

Comparative
more German

Superlative
most German

Relating to the country of Germany.
Relating to the German language.

Synonyms

Teutonic

Translations

relating to the country of Germany

Armenian: գերմանական hy(hy) (germanakan)
Bosnian: njemački bs(bs) m.
Breton: alaman, relating to the language : alamanek
Bulgarian: германски bg(bg) m. pl., германска bg(bg) f., германско bg(bg) n.
Catalan: alemany m.
Croatian: njèmāčkī hr(hr)
Czech: německý cs(cs) m.
Danish: tysk da(da)
Dutch: Duits nl(nl), Duitse nl(nl)
Esperanto: germana eo(eo)
Finnish: saksalainen fi(fi)
French: allemand fr(fr) m.
German: deutsch
Greek: γερμανικός el(el)
Guaraní: Alemaniagua
Hungarian: német hu(hu)
Icelandic: þýskur is(is) m.
Indonesian: Jerman id(id)
Interlingua: german
Italian: tedesco it(it) m.

Japanese: ドイツの (doitsu)
Kurdish: elmanî ku(ku)
Macedonian: германски mk(mk) (gérmanski) m.
Malay: Jerman ms(ms)
Maori: tiamana
Neapolitan: germanése
Norwegian: germansk no(no)
Novial: germani
Persian: آلمانی fa(fa) (almani)
Polish: niemiecki m.
Portuguese: alemão pt(pt) m.
Romani: nyamcicko m.
Romanian: german ro(ro) m.
Russian: немецкий ru(ru), германский ru(ru)
Scottish Gaelic: Gearmailteach gd(gd)
Serbian: немачки sr(sr) m., nemački sr(sr) m., њемачки sr(sr) m., njemački sr(sr) m.
Slovene: nemški m.
Spanish: alemán es(es) m. alemana es(es) f.
Swedish: tysk sv(sv)
Turkish: alman
West Frisian: Dútsk

Relating to the German language

Bulgarian: немски bg(bg) m. pl., немска bg(bg) f., немско bg(bg) n.
Catalan: alemany ca(ca) m.
Croatian: njèmāčkī hr(hr)

Czech: německý cs(cs) m.
Macedonian: германски mk(mk) (gérmanski) m.
Scottish Gaelic: Gearmailteach gd(gd)
Spanish: alemán es(es) m., alemana es(es) f.

External links

Leo's German - English Dictionary: from Department of Informatics of Technische Universität München
ISO 639-1 code de, ISO 639-3 code deu (SIL)
Ethnologue entry for German, deu

Anagrams

Croatian

Proper noun

Gèrmān m.

German (member of a Germanic tribe)

German

Definition from Wiktionary, a free dictionary

Contents

English

Pronunciation

Etymology

Noun

Synonyms

Translations

Proper noun

Synonyms

Translations

See also

Adjective

Synonyms

Translations

External links

Anagrams

Croatian

Proper noun

Views

Personal tools

Search

Navigation

Toolbox

In other languages